Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and Fraud Examination Experts

Fraud examiners conduct fraud examinations to determine if fraud has occurred and if so to gather evidence of the crime. 

Fraud examiners are as good with people as they are with numbers and are inclined to be aggressive rather than shy.  Fraud Examiners understand what constitutes fraud, which includes practical knowledge of the legal system and concepts such as the elements of the offense, what constitutes proof, intent and completeness of evidence.

Fraud examiners are also known as financial detectives.  Many fraud examiners are forensic accountants and have years of experience examining evidence, asking hard questions and seeking the truth.

A Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) is a designation awarded by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) and may include auditors, accountants, fraud investigators, loss prevention specialist, attorneys, educators and criminologists.

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IRS fraud examiners are hired by taxpayers and attorneys to examine IRS forms, documents, computer codes, the IRS computer system, IRS master files (IMF), administrative files, examination files and IRS evidence and to communicate what the documents mean.  IRS fraud examiners assist taxpayers and attorneys in understanding what the IRS evidence means, what evidence has been omitted and assist in developing a solution to the IRS tax issues.

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IRS Digital Forensics is also known as IRS Computer Forensics and is a science pertaining to legal evidence found in computers and digital storage mediums.  The goal of IRS Digital Forensics is to explain what IRS digital information is available and what the IRS data shows for example is the IRS data accurate, are their data entry errors by IRS that would explain your IRS issues. 

Read more: What is IRS DIGITAL FORENSICS and how is it used?