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Certificate Course in Forensic Accounting (FAC)

Benefit from comprehensive course to understand processes and roles of the forensic accountant, fraud examination, forensic audit, prevention, and fraud reporting, including ethical issues rich with examples and practical guidance.

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November, 2024

CPA/CFF, CFE, CIA
24.5 Hours 
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What You’ll learn

Forensic accountants or auditors take a unique focus on performing their work. Typically, when a person with forensic experience is called in to examine financial records, it is due to suspicion of fraud, evaluation of assets, or even to track down fundamentally incorrect accounting – intentional or not. Forensic accounting combines accounting, auditing, and investigative skills to uncover evidence supporting the conviction of financial-crime perpetrators.

Get Deeper Understanding of:

  • Procedures for conducting a fraud investigation.
  • Various interviewing techniques.
  • Various methods for undisclosed confiscating assets.
  • Different types of HOA frauds.
  • Ethical issues and responsibilities for forensic accountants.

Recommended For:

  • This certification is specifically designed considering the requirements of professionals working with forensic accounting such as Law enforcement personnel, private investigators, and forensic accountants who desire to help their clients with searching for hidden assets.
  • It can be very helpful to the Accountants, auditors and students with keen interest in investigating fraud.
  • Further, it can be supportive to the professionals interested in understanding many roles and services offered in forensic accounting.

Why become a Certified Forensic Accounting Professional with myCPE? Resources included

Resources included

  • Handout PDFs for every Module
  • Glossary/Key Terms for every Module
  • Q&A directly with instructors.

Career Opportunities

  • Forensic analyst
  • Financial data analysis
  • Insurance Sector
  • Financial Institutions
  • Government Organizations
  • Financial Statement Auditor

Value Addition to your skills

  • Attention to detail
  • Analytical Skills
  • Strong Written and Verbal Communication
  • Testifying as an expert witness
  • Writing Forensic Accounting reports
  • Independence

Courses

Course Title Time
2 Hours
  • To define forensic accounting
  • To describe the role and responsibilities of forensic accountants
  • To define key terms in forensic accounting and decipher the forensic accounting “alphabet soup
2 Hours
  • To recall the definition of forensic accounting, and identify the role of forensic accountants
  • What does all the alphabet soup mean?
  • To explore how can I become a forensic accountant
2 Hours
  • To discuss the process of fraud investigation
  • To recognize ethics requirements for forensic accountants
  • To describe how to write an effective report disclosing the results of a fraud investigation
2 Hours
  • To identify various methods and resources for conducting background checks and suspect profiles
  • To describe the ethical and legal issues that arise while conducting background checks and suspect profiles
  • To recognize red-flag signs indicating potential fraud or risk in backgrounds.
2 Hours
  • To identify various methods and resources for conducting online investigations
  • To describe resources and methods for conducting online investigations
  • To identify ethical and legal issues that arise in online investigations
2 Hours
  • To review various interviewing techniques
  • To identify the signs someone is not being truthful
  • To review the procedures for conducting an interview
2 Hours
  • To identify methods and procedures for gathering and maintaining evidence
  • To discuss important steps involved in evidence collection
  • To identify document-gathering procedures
2 Hours
  • To describe how to write an effective report disclosing the results of a fraud investigation
  • To describe how to present evidence effectively with visual aids
  • To explain how to testify effectively at deposition and trial
2 Hours
  • To explore why people hide assets.
  • To review various methods for finding hidden assets.
  • To identify methods for finding hidden income.
2 Hours
  • To identify different types of HOA frauds.
  • To discuss strategies to spot financial malfeasance.
  • To describe the roles and responsibilities of forensic accountants.
4.5 Hours
  • To recall how to prepare for an investigation, review paper,  and electronic handling procedures.
  • To identify the process of preserving, analyzing, and evaluating evidence.
  • To discuss the characteristics of a quality investigative report that can be used in court.
Disclaimer : Before attending any course, please verify that the credit details align with your qualification requirements. This certificate is designed to help you acquire new skills and knowledge, which may or may not fulfill specific compliance criteria. While we have made every effort to ensure our courses adhere to compliance standards, we recommend reviewing the details to confirm applicability for your needs.

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Simplifying Complex Fraud-Related Concepts

“Fraud and fraud related matters are very important for accounting and finance professionals. I loved the idea of the certification. The course is rich in content. The speaker is very knowledgeable.”

Perry  Wilson
Perry Wilson, MAFF

Forensic Accountant

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Engaging Course for Fraud Professionals

“The certificate course was amazing! Indeed, a lot of complex aspects have been simplified in a descriptive course. Examples were easy to follow and I was able to relate to them. Very helpful, especially, for the professionals in fraud and forensic domain.”

Randy  Parr
Randy Parr, CFE

Fraud Investigator

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Best Learning for Forensic Accounting

“I am happy that I get to learn from this forensic course. The content is easy to understand and engaging. It was a good match for me. One of the best learning experiences from the learned speakers.”

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Marylin Thompson, CFF

Forensic Accountant

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Frequently Asked Questions

The Certificate Course in Forensic Accounting course provides an overview of pivotal aspects in the practical application of forensic accounting. It covers a wide range of topics to provide a bird’s eye view of key topics. It covers fundamental aspects of forensic accounting and fraud investigations, fraud investigation engagements, background checks and suspect profiling, gathering and managing evidence, and writing an investigation report. It also takes into consideration conducting online investigations, and interviews. It also provides good insights into how forensic accounting provides value-added skills for accountants, the process of searching for hidden assets, and homeowner association fraud investigations. It also takes into account the role of the forensic accountant when as a professional you are under investigation. The rich coverage of the course ensures that you have a thorough understanding and clarification of the basics of fraud investigations.

The Certificate Course in Forensic Accounting provides a panoramic view of the specified roles and responsibilities of a forensic accountant. It helps clarify the complexities of pivotal points for the crucial fundamental aspects. It also provides a strong foundation for the professionals to build their best practices and key aspects of the specific roles and responsibilities at an important point in time. Specifically, such practical understanding can help professionals in their compliance, career progression, and professional development. Thus, the Certificate Course in Forensic Accounting can be very useful.

Certificate course is created by a qualified and experienced instructor(s). myCPE Certificate Courses includes Self-study Courses. Most of the courses are in the form of On-demand Videos. The Self-study Video courses in Certificate courses may be Live recorded presentations converted into Self Study (On-Demand Videos).

You can take your time and attend the course at your own pace. You can take exam unlimited time. So, don’t worry, if you are not able to pass an exam. You will be getting a chance to attend the exam again.

After completion of each course of this Certification Programs, you will be able to download a certificate with the course title and number of hours. Certificates, as well as your study records, are stored for life and you can access them anytime. Certificates are valid proof for your continuing education credits and you can also add it as an additional designation.

Once you register you will have complete access to all the courses of this Certification Programs. The self-study format allows you to access the material online 24x7 and study at your own pace.

As per NASBA guidelines, you have one year from date of purchase of your certificate to complete each program. After completion of each course, you can attend final exam any time and get CPE Credit instantly. You can retake the exam multiple times without any additional charges.

Course have minimum passing score of 70% in the final exam and you can take multiple attempts of the said exam.

Our video player tracks & stores the watch time and will show you in the progress bar. But you make sure that you don’t fast forward or manually try to move the progress bar. If you have fast forwarded the video or tried to manually move the progress bar of the video. System wouldn’t capture your watch time. So please, let the video go on its own. However, being on-demand video you can pause and play and whenever you want and you can watch it in pieces. It will pick up from where you left off. So, for a self study courses you will have to
1. Complete the entire video 100%.
2. Answer all the review questions correctly. The review questions are at the bottom of the same page where you are viewing the course video.
3. Once you have watched the whole video and answered all the review questions, the Final Quiz will open up. You need to score more than 70% in the Final Quiz to avail your CPE credit. Multiple attempts are allowed for submitting Review and Final Quiz questions.
4. Once you have completed the Review and Final quiz questions, you shall be able to download the credit certificate from the ‘My Certificates’ section. Kindly ensure you have allowed Multiple File download from your web browser to download all certificates.
5. You can download individual certificate from your "Account" as well as from this page once you complete a particular courses. Also, you can download "Consolidated Certificate" from the package page or from your account.

A Self-study course is a recorded video (If it’s a recording of a live course you may see polling questions appearing on the screen. You do not need to answer the polling questions and just let the video play). Do not fast forward. If you fast forward, we may not be able to capture your watch time and you may be required to watch it multiple times. In order to avail your credits for the self-study course, you need to answer the review questions correctly and complete the entire video. Once you have done that, the Final Quiz will open up in which you need to score a minimum 70% to qualify for the credit. You can attempt multiple times for answering the review questions and Final quiz questions. Once you have completed the Review and Final quiz questions, you shall be able to download the credit certificate from ‘My Certificates’ section.
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