Empowering the Next Generation of Fraud Fighters: Insights from ACFE Research Institute Grant Recipients

/
Empowering the Next Generation of Fraud Fighters: Insights from ACFE Research Institute Grant Recipients

As recipients of the ACFE Research Institute (ARI) grant, Marie Rice and David Glodstein stand at the forefront of advancing the field of fraud examination and prevention. Their current project, focused on the Justice for Fraud Victims Project (JFVP), aims to set new benchmarks in community-engaged forensic accounting education and practice. By developing a best practice guide for academic institutions, their research not only promises to enhance the effectiveness of the JFVP but also to foster a new generation of skilled fraud examiners.

Read More

Celebrate this Giving Tuesday by donating to the ACFE Foundation

/
Celebrate this Giving Tuesday by donating to the ACFE Foundation

Your donation to the ACFE Foundation could change the course of a student's career. Paulina Rocha Salas is a past recipient of the ACFE’s Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarship. Paulina is working towards her accounting MBA program at the Marilyn Davies College of Business at the University of Houston-Downtown in Texas where she is expected to graduate in the summer of 2022. She is currently employed as a senior associate in Weaver’s Forensics and Litigation Services practice.

Read More

2021-2022 Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarship Winners Announced

/
2021-2022 Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarship Winners Announced

Congratulations to the 24 promising future fraud fighters that have been awarded Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarships this year from the ACFE Foundation. These outstanding students displayed academic achievement in accounting, finance, business administration or criminal justice, and the desire to pursue a career in fraud examination or a similar anti-fraud field.

Read More

Is Financial Advisor Fraud Contagious?

/
Is Financial Advisor Fraud Contagious?

A key component of any fraud investigation is the effort to uncover the reason for the fraudulent activity. Anti-fraud professionals are constantly seeking to understand the motivators of fraud, and this 2015 study, funded by the ACFE Research Institute, titled “Is Fraud Contagious? Career Networks and Fraud by Financial Advisors” explores the propensity to commit fraud due to influence by career networks and financial advisors.

In the U.S., the financial advisory industry has a huge impact on the national economy. The industry advises trillions of dollars in assets and generates billions in revenues. Additionally, the industry employs hundreds of thousands of people, many of whom play a pivotal role in the financial well-being of households nationwide. Unfortunately, with such a large role comes inevitable fraud.

Read More

Don't Forget to Make Your 2020 Donation to the ACFE Foundation

/
Don't Forget to Make Your 2020 Donation to the ACFE Foundation

Your donation to the ACFE Foundation could change the course of a student’s career. In the 2015-2016 school year, Jonathan Peck, CFE, CPA, was one of the Ritchie-Jennings Memorial Scholarship recipients. After receiving the scholarship, he went on to become a forensic accountant intern with the FBI. Currently, he works at Google.

Read More