About Us
Organization Profile
Professionals Against Confidence Crime is a non-profit, non-political, non partisan organization whose aim and intent is to (1) establish a network of law enforcement and business professionals who are involved in, and are responsible for, the investigation and prevention of frauds and confidence crimes, and transient criminal group activities, (2) promote cooperation and information exchange among law enforcement and associate members, (3) provide members with the knowledge and techniques necessary to the effective reduction and/or prevention of frauds, confidence crimes, and transient criminal group activities, and (4) create and promote social, economic and educational policies which are in keeping with the best interests of law enforcement professionals, business professionals, and private citizens alike.
Our present membership includes police investigators, lawyers, doctors, judges, district attorneys, crime authors, academicians, law, students, CPA's, police chiefs, insurance fraud investigators, federal agents, consumer protection advocates, and others who realize the scope of the fraud problem, and who have shown an interest in donating their time to combat such crimes.
Our History
PACC was originally founded in 1986, by frustrated fraud detectives from Wisconsin and Illinois. Realizing that there could be no hope of ferreting out the con artists who worked across state boundaries, these detectives decided to create a training and informational sharing network that focused their attention on organized fraud groups and individuals who specialized in crimes of deception. To their surprise, the organization soon attracted officers and fraud prevention experts from throughout the United States and abroad.
PACC has no paid positions, and is staffed entirely by volunteers who are committed to the goals and objectives of the organization.
Board Members
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Chairman of the Board/ Bulletin Editor
Lt. Dennis M. Marlock
Milwaukee Police Department
Milwaukee, WI
President
Inspector William Hendrickson
Illinois State Police
Des Plaines, Illinois
Vice President
Bruce Walstad, PO (ret)
Franklin Park Police Department
Franklin Park, IL
Secretary/Treasurer
Investigator Karl Lawrenz
Wis. Trade & Consumer Protection
Madison, WI
Media Relations/Publicist
Atty. Michael Deppe
Lake Station, IN
BOARD of DIRECTORS
John Bordenet
LTC, US Army (Ret).
Washington, DC
Tom Rinaldo, Detective
Buffalo Police Department
Buffalo, NY
Dee Steger, Supervisor
Victim Assistance Unit
Cook County State’s Attorney
Illinois
Conrad Sweet, PO
Beecher Police Department
Beecher, IL
Billy Zeh
Integrity Education Systems
Brunswick, GA
SPECIAL MEDICAL FRAUD ADVISOR
James C. Hagen, PhD, MPH
DuPage County Health Department
Wheaton, IL
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
Det. Thomas Brown
DuPage County Sheriff's
Wheaton, IL
Det. Dave Chiesa
DuPage County Sheriff's
Wheaton, IL
Pattie Garwood, Criminal Intelligence Analyst
Iowa Dept. of Public Safety
Des Moines, IA
E.G. Hall
Lake Worth, FL
Spec. Agent Richard Packert
Illinois State Police
Des Plaines, IL
Stephen Pearson, Director
High Tech Crime Institute
Waynesville, MO
INSURANCE INDUSTRY LIAISON
John Deppe
Wausau Insurance
Wausau, WI
LEGAL SUBCOMMITTEE CHAIRMAN
Colin Simpson, ASA
Cook County State’s Attorneys Office
Maywood, IL
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