2025 End of Year 20-CPE Bundle

Your Path to Becoming a Successful Fraud Examiner 

CPE: 4 | Course Level: Basic

The skills and processes required to conduct fraud examinations can be overwhelming for investigators, regardless of their level of education or experience. Especially for those new to the profession, guidance can help smooth the uncertain road to becoming a successful investigator. In this course, you will receive guidance and insights from Janet McHard, CFE, an anti-fraud professional with more than 25 years of experience, on how to become a success fraud examiner.  

You Will Learn How To:

• Determine how to integrate best practices into conducting fraud investigations.
• Integrate real-world experiences into fraud investigations.
• Recognize how to effectively use soft skills when conducting fraud investigations.

CPE Information

• NASBA Information: Auditing
• Advanced Preparation: None
• Last Updated: May 2024
• Delivery Method: QAS Self-Study

Create Career Success by Reducing Overwhelm and Improving Focus 

CPE: 2 | Course Level: Overview

In a profession comprised of deadlines, quarter-ends and emergency response, it can feel like you're going in 30 directions at any given time. Add in an always-on corporate culture, distractions at every turn and everything that happens outside of the office, and the sense of overwhelm can become, well, overwhelming.  

In this session, learn how to create a successful career that allows you to enjoy life outside your work day and take actionable steps to regain control. You will also learn what it takes to create focus in a profession that prides itself on multi-tasking, how to reduce your sense of being overwhelmed while still feeling accomplished and how to make sure your strengths don't become your greatest weaknesses.  

You Will Learn How To:

• Distinguish between the concepts of work/life balance and balancing life and work.
• Identify the indicators of falling into a "hustle" mindset rather than productivity.
• Understand and apply strategies to prioritize their workload and create focus on the most important projects.

CPE Information

• NASBA Information: Personal Development
• Advanced Preparation: None
• Last Updated: March 2024
• Delivery Method: QAS Self-Study

Ethical Issues for Fraud Examiners 

CPE: 2 (ACFE Ethics CPE) | Course Level: Basic

Ethical Issues for Fraud Examiners will help you understand what constitutes an ethical dilemma and help you develop an awareness of ethical issues faced by fraud examiners. This course also presents six fictional scenarios that illustrate potential ethical situations that pertain to fraud examinations. The purpose of these scenarios is not to provide you with solutions, but rather to familiarize you with the types of ethical dilemmas that might arise in a fraud examination.

You Will Learn How To:

• Identify the responsibilities of fraud examiners when performing a fraud examination.
• Determine the necessary actions required to resolve an ethical dilemma.
• Identify considerations to keep in mind when dealing with personal ethical dilemmas.

CPE Information

• NASBA Information: Behavioral Ethics
• Advanced Preparation: None
• Last Updated: February 2025
• Delivery Method: QAS Self-Study

Open-Source Intelligence for Fraud Examiners

CPE: 3 | Course Level: Overview

The Internet is a powerful and practically endless source of information, and fraud examiners should be utilizing it as a resource in every investigation. The availability of public, or open-source, information on the Internet can greatly enhance fraud examiners’ investigations at all stages of the fraud examination process without requiring consent from investigation subjects or court orders.

In this course, you will learn how to better utilize the Internet as an investigative tool through the use of open-source intelligence techniques and a five-step method designed to make online research more effective and efficient.

You Will Learn How To:

• Identify useful and important sources of online information.
• Recognize important considerations for conducting online investigations.
• Determine how to incorporate information found through open sources into a fraud examination.
• Identify successful strategies for finding open-source information online.

CPE Information

• NASBA Information: Information Technology
• Advanced Preparation: None
• Last Updated: October 2025
• Delivery Method: QAS Self-Study

Social Engineering

CPE: 2 | Course Level: Overview

Exploiting human vulnerabilities remains one of the most effective means of furthering fraud schemes. Through social engineering tactics, fraudsters obtain sensitive information or gain access to organizations’ networks in order to inflict damage on the way to their own personal financial gains.

In this course, you will learn about how and why social engineering scams work, from the psychological aspects to the nuts and bolts of common methods and schemes. In addition, the course will discuss strategies for defending against social engineering schemes and utilizing social engineering tactics to identify organizational vulnerabilities.

You Will Learn How To:

• Relate human personality traits to social engineering schemes that seek to exploit vulnerabilities.
• Identify effective strategies for preventing social engineering attacks.
• Recognize tactics of social engineers and red flags associated with social engineering schemes.
• Distinguish applications of social engineering techniques by fraudsters and fraud examiners.

CPE Information

• NASBA Information: Auditing
• Advanced Preparation: None
• Last Updated: March 2024
• Delivery Method: QAS Self-Study 

Contract and Procurement Fraud

CPE: 6 | Course Level: Overview

Most businesses would not exist without reliable outside suppliers. But a few dishonest vendors, contractors or purchasers can cost a company or government agency serious money. This course explores the contracting process from the perspective of fraud. 

You Will Learn How To:

• Relate basic aspects of the processes organizations use to contract for goods and services.
• Identify the essential components of an enforceable contract and distinguish between the types of contracts used to purchase goods or services.
• Distinguish between public and private procurement.
• Identify common civil, criminal and administrative actions for procurement fraud.
• Relate key information about the different types of bribery and corruption schemes, and identify red flags and risk factors of such schemes.
• Recognize the characteristics and common forms of procurement fraud schemes involving collusion among third-party contractors.
• Identify the ways in which procurement employees can collude with outside contractors to exploit contract and procurement processes for fraudulent purposes.
• Identify the ways in which perpetrators can commit fraud using procurement methods that do not provide for full and open competition.
• Recognize the characteristics and common forms of procurement fraud schemes that occur while contracting parties fulfill their contractual obligations.
• Ascertain the technical knowledge required to develop and perform fraud risk assessments.
• Determine the appropriate measures to detect and prevent the different types of fraud schemes that target procurement processes.
• Determine the appropriate measures to take in investigative efforts to uncover procurement fraud schemes.

CPE Information

• NASBA Information: Auditing
• Advanced Preparation: None
• Last Updated: April 2025
• Delivery Method: QAS Self-Study 

 

 

Exploring the Internet of Things

CPE: 0.2 | Course Level: Basic

The internet is no longer confined to a computer. The internet of things (IoT) is the emerging environment of everyday objects that use embedded sensors to collect and transmit data through the internet. Many ordinary items can connect to the internet, creating convenience and saving time for consumers, but also opening doors to privacy and security issues. In this course, you will learn how you may be able to use IoT data as evidence in fraud investigations and more. 

You Will Learn How To:

• Recognize privacy and security issues related to IoT.

CPE Information

• NASBA Information: Information Technology
• Advanced Preparation: None
• Last Updated: January 2024
• Delivery Method: Nano Learning

FIFA Scandal: Lessons Learned

CPE: 0.2 | Course Level: Basic

In this course, you will learn about the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) scandal, including its initial detection, key events and impact. Additionally, you will discover lessons learned from the scandal and recommendations to prevent similar frauds in the future.

You Will Learn How To:

• Identify lessons learned from the FIFA scandal.
• Recognize recommendations to prevent similar frauds from occurring in the future.

CPE Information

• NASBA Information:  Auditing
• Advanced Preparation: None
• Last Updated: March 2024
• Delivery Method: Nano Learning

Murder and Money: The Financial Crimes of Alex Murdaugh

CPE: 0.2 | Course Level: Overview

In this course, you will explore the financial crimes committed by Alex Murdaugh, who orchestrated multiple fraudulent schemes for personal gain. With the help of various partners, Murdaugh embezzled millions of dollars, deceiving clients and colleagues alike. This course will break down the key elements of Murdaugh’s financial misconduct and the impact on his community and career. 

You Will Learn How To:

• Recall the various frauds perpetrated by Alex Murdaugh.

CPE Information

• NASBA Information: Auditing
• Advanced Preparation: None
• Last Updated: January 2025
• Delivery Method: Nano Learning

Preventing Identity Theft

CPE: 0.2 | Course Level: Basic

Identity theft is a common type of fraud that does not discriminate. Identity thieves can target anyone, from students to retirees to CEOs. In this course, you will learn important actions individuals can take to protect their personally identifiable information (PII) and prevent identity theft.

You Will Learn How To:

• Recognize best practices for protecting personal information and preventing identity theft.

CPE Information

• NASBA Information: Auditing
• Advanced Preparation: None
• Last Updated: February 2024
• Delivery Method: Nano Learning

What Is Business Email Compromise?

CPE: 0.2 | Course Level: Basic

In a traditional business email compromise (BEC) scam, a fraudster uses a fake email from a company executive to trick an employee into sending money or information to the fraudster. In this course, you will learn how BEC scams work and discover ways to prevent and respond to them.

You Will Learn How To:

• Recognize common types of business email compromise scams and how to prevent them from succeeding.

CPE Information

• NASBA Information: Information Technology
• Advanced Preparation: None
• Last Updated: March 2024
• Delivery Method: Nano Learning