Career Paths
A bachelor’s or master’s degree in forensic accounting, accounting, finance, legal, or another related field.
What is the beginning of a career path to investigate securities fraud?
Certifications and associations that grant you authority to work in securities fraud.
What are the AICPA-CFF and ACFE-CFE?
The skills that require systematic processing and comparison of data to extract information.
What are analytical skills?
A fraudulent activity involving securities that is similar to a pyramid scheme but does not rely solely on recruitment to continue delinquent operations.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
A serious white-collar crime that misrepresents information which investors use to make decisions.
What is securities fraud?
The salary ranges for government & private-sector forensic investigators.
What are $65,000 - $100,000 and $125,000 - $190,000?
The most common certification found among forensic accountants who specialize in securities fraud.
What is the CPA?
The skill that requires an adept ability to focus and find subtle clues, patterns, or differences.
What is attention to detail?
The year that had the most securities fraud cases.
What is 2008? (There were 1210 cases when in a normal year there are 100-200.)
A common way in which individuals may commit securities fraud when they have access to confidential information.
What is insider trading?
A position that is involved with solving Ponzi schemes and other forms of securities fraud.
What is an Investigator/Fraud investigator?
The organization that sets controls for securities.
What is the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)?
The ability to summarize and present information in a clear way.
What are communication skills?
Former chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange and one of the most famous committers of securities fraud.
Who is Bernie Madoff?
Employees, corporations, stockbrokers, brokerage firms, investment banks, and independent individuals are able to be perpetrators of this.
What is securities fraud?