Becoming a CFE

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Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)

Fraud Examination is a methodology resolving fraud allegation from inception to disposition. More specifically, fraud examination involves obtaining evidence and taking statements, writing reports, testifying to findings, and assisting in detection and prevention of fraud

Become a CFE


Fraud Prevention and Deterrence — tests your understanding of why people commit fraud and ways to prevent it. Topics covered in this section include crime causation, white-collar crime, occupational fraud, fraud prevention, fraud risk assessment, and the ACFE Code of Professional Ethics.
Financial Transactions and Fraud Schemes — tests your comprehension of the types of fraudulent financial transactions incurred in accounting records. To pass Financial Transactions & Fraud Schemes, you will be required to demonstrate knowledge of the following concepts: basic accounting and auditing theory, fraud schemes, internal controls to deter fraud and other auditing and accounting matters. 
Investigation — includes questions about interviewing, taking statements, obtaining information from public records, tracing illicit transactions, evaluating deception and report writing.
Law — ensures your familiarity with the many legal ramifications of conducting fraud examinations, including criminal and civil law, rules of evidence, rights of the accused and accuser, and expert witness matters

Guide to Success
1. Identify your challenges area (pre-assessment)
2. Mark your “unsur answer”
3. Find the main idea in each question
  • Read explanation thoroughly
  • Confused on one word? Read the next…it often being clarified
4. Understand the T/F methodology
  • Read carefully, pay attention on qualifiers and keywords
  • Qualifiers: 
5. Understand the T/F methodology
  • Read carefully, pay attention on qualifiers and keywords
  • Qualifiers [always, never, every] à must be 100% true …USUALLY the answer is FALSE
  • Qualifiers [sometimes, usually, and] à T/F depend on circumstances…USUALLY the answer is TRUE
6. Keep your motivation high (make a target)
7. Maximize your energy and focus (early evening for most challenging)
8. Commitment is your key for success

For more information contact ACFE Indonesia Chapter

Comments

  1. Accountant david rom13 August 2020 at 22:39

    Very informative information to become a successful certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Certified Fraud Examiners

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