Virtual Lunch & Learn
Everyone Has a Price: The Fall of a Respected Warden
Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2026
Time: 12:00pm to 1:00pm MBT (ET)
Location: Virtual
CPE Credit: 1.0 Hour
*Please note, CPE certificates will only be issued to registered attendees.
Cost:
FREE - IIA Member
$10 - Non-Member
SESSION OVERVIEW
Thirty years of service. A distinguished career. A respected leader and trusted member of her community. By all appearances, she was above reproach. But behind the reputation lay a family secret—and a price she was willing to pay.
Join us for a real-world fraud case that reveals how even the most trusted professionals can cross the line, and how a seemingly unlikely fraudster ended up stealing money intended for charity. This presentation will cover the fraud triangle and how it applied to the unique circumstances of this case.
FACILITATORS
Chris Cirrito, CIA, CFE, CGAP
Chris Cirrito is a nationally recognized criminal justice oversight executive, internal audit leader, and fraud risk professional with more than 30 years of experience in corrections and criminal justice administration, including over 25 years in internal auditing, governance, risk management, and oversight. He is a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and Certified Government Auditing Professional (CGAP).
From 2015 to 2026, Mr. Cirrito served as Chief Audit Executive for the Texas Board of Criminal Justice, overseeing internal audit activities for one of the world’s largest unified criminal justice systems. In that role, he directed risk-based audits, fraud investigations, compliance reviews, advisory services, and quality assurance initiatives across institutional corrections, parole, correctional healthcare, and correctional education. He also served as Chief Audit Executive for the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles and the Windham School District.
Throughout his career, Mr. Cirrito has led and supervised audit work conducted in accordance with Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS) and the International Professional Practices Framework / Global Internal Audit Standards. His experience includes evaluating governance structures, internal control systems, risk management processes, fraud prevention frameworks, operational effectiveness, and professional conformance programs within highly complex governmental environments subject to extensive legislative, executive, and public scrutiny.
Mr. Cirrito is an accomplished public speaker and educator who develops and delivers advanced continuing professional education programs on risk-based oversight, fraud awareness, ethics, quality assurance, and accountability for domestic and international criminal justice professionals. He currently serves as Chair of the American Correctional Association Ethics Committee and serves on multiple national committees related to corrections policy, standards, parole, probation, and international corrections practices. He is also a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors Quality Assessment Team and previously served as Chair of the Texas State Agency Internal Audit Forum, where he was instrumental in developing and maintaining the Forum’s internal audit peer review program.
In addition to his professional practice work, Mr. Cirrito serves as an adjunct professor at Sam Houston State University, where he teaches graduate-level curriculum focused on governance, risk, oversight, ethics, and accountability in criminal justice systems.
Mr. Cirrito is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Circura Advisory Group, a consulting practice specializing in governmental oversight, internal auditing, fraud risk management, internal audit standards conformance assessments, and strategic advisory services for complex criminal justice and public-sector organizations.
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NOTE:
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