Welcome to Heartland Chapter
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
The Heartland Chapter of the Association of Certified
Fraud Examiners (ACFE) would like to welcome you to our website. We think you will find it very useful in
your development as an anti-fraud professional.
The national Association
of Certified Fraud Examiners and parent to the Heartland Chapter,
established in 1988, is based in Austin, Texas. The 40,000-member professional
organization is dedicated to educating in fighting fraud. Each member of the
ACFE designated a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) has earned certification after
a rigorous qualification process.
Certified Fraud
Examiners come from various professions, including auditors, accountants,
finance professionals, fraud investigators, loss prevention specialists,
attorneys, educators, and criminologists. CFEs gather evidence, take
statements, write reports, and assist in investigating fraud in its varied
forms. CFEs are employed by most major corporations and government agencies,
and others provide consulting and investigative services.
The ACFE sponsors
more than 90 local chapters worldwide. CFEs in over 100 countries on six
continents have investigated more than 1,000,000 suspected cases of civil and
criminal fraud.
Criminologist and
former FBI agent Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA, is
Chairman and founder of the ACFE, as well as an advisory member of the Board of
Regents.
