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Certified Fraud Examiners have the
expertise to resolve allegations of fraud; obtain evidence, take
statements, and write reports; testify to findings; and assist
in the detection and prevention of fraud and white collar crime.
To become a Certified Fraud
Examiner, candidates must have at least:
- the equivalent of a
bachelor's degree from a recognized institution;
- two years of professional
experience in the detection, investigation and deterrence of
fraud in one or more of the following fields:
- accounting and auditing;
- criminology and
sociology (with an emphasis on white collar crime);
- federal, state or local
law enforcement criminal investigation of fraud or
white collar crime;
- law, as it relates to
prosecuting or investigating civil and criminal fraud;
- loss prevention
specialists; and
- academic or research
experience in any of the above fields.
- successful completion of the
Uniform Examination for Certified Fraud Examiners.
The Uniform Examination for
Certified Fraud Examiners
The Examination's purpose is to
establish a reliable testing instrument that adequately assesses
the level of competence needed to become a Certified Fraud
Examiner. The testing procedure is unique in that the
Examination is administered entirely by computer. The
Examination has sophisticated controls to ensure the integrity
of the process. All Exam questions are randomly generated from a
master database. No two Exams are alike.
Upon meeting the admission
requirements, the candidate may request the Examination from the
Association. The candidate receives a set of diskettes
containing the Exam and instructions. Once the Exam is installed
on the candidate's computer, the candidate has 30 days to
complete all four sections and return the disks for grading.
Each exam section is 2.5 hours in length. The total Exam is 10
hours. Initially, the candidate must take all four parts. If
every section is not successfully passed, the candidate has a
maximum of three consecutive sittings to pass the remaining
parts. If not successful after the third repetition, credit for
any passed parts is lost. Candidates repeating portions of the
Examination also have 30 days in which to complete the repeated
portions. The computerized Examination requires either: an IBM
compatible computer, MSDOS 3.1 or higher and a minimum of 640k
of ram and 4MB hard disk space; or a Macintosh Plus or higher
with at least 1 MB of ram, System 4.2 and Finder 6.0 or higher,
and 6 MB of hard disk space.
The Scope of the Examination
The Examination consists of 500
multiple choice and true/false practical problems designed to
test the candidate's knowledge in the following areas:
Need more information?
For further information about the
Uniform Examination for Certified Fraud Examiners, or to apply
for the examination, please contact the
THE ASSOCIATION OF
CERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMINERS or call 1-800-245-3321. |
