Resources

Cost of Fraud

Our chapter hosted a Fraud Behavioral Science Think Tank during June 2019. Several intriguing message and design combinations were identified, but after some spirited deliberations, the Central Ohio ACFE Chapter Board selected the Little White Lies…LEAD TO BIG CONSEQUENCES campaign as the event’s winner. Our chapter then planned and executed a 8 week public awareness campaign through Fraud Awareness Week. Learn more at COSTofFRAUD.com.

Become a CFE

Join the elite group of international anti-fraud professionals by earning your Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) credential. Central Ohio is home to more than 400 CFEs and 26 individuals earned their CFE credential in 2022.

If interested in learning more about the CFE credential, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiner’s (ACFE’s) website has information for your reference. Also, if you are interested in discussing either the ACFE or one of our board members would be happy to discuss with you. You can contact the ACFE at (800) 245-3321 (Monday – Friday, 7:30 – 6:00 Central Time) or memberservices@acfe.com or our board at contact@centralohiocfe.com.

Find a CFE

The ACFE has self service search capability to find CFEs across the globe on their website. If you don’t find what you are looking for there and are seeking a referral for a local CFE member with a specific specialty, feel free to also reach out to our board at contact@centralohiocfe.com.

Court Cases & Legal Information

Title	Link
Legal Dictionary	http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/
PACER – Court Cases	https://www.pacer.gov/
Principles of Federal Prosecution of Business Organizations	https://www.justice.gov/usam/usam-9-28000-principles-federal-prosecution-business-organizations
U. S. Department of Justice – Agencies	https://www.justice.gov/agencies
United States Sentencing Commission	http://www.ussc.gov

Insurance & Health Care Fraud

Title	Link
Attorney General of Ohio – Consumer Protection	https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/About-AG/Service-Divisions/Consumer-Protection
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	https://www.cms.gov/
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud	http://www.insurancefraud.org
Ohio Department of Insurance Fraud Unit	https://insurance.ohio.gov/wps/portal/gov/odi/about-us/divisions/fraud-and-enforcement/fraud-unit/insurance-fraud-booklet

Law Enforcement Information

Title	Link
INTERPOL	http://www.interpol.int/
Law Enforcement Information Sharing Environment	https://www.ise.gov/law-enforcement-information-sharing
National White Collar Crime Center	http://www.nw3c.org/
Officer.com	http://www.officer.com/
The Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Library	https://www.nsopw.gov
VineLink	https://www.vinelink.com

People Search, Public Records, Telephone, Email and Address Look-up

Title	Link
AnyWho	http://www.anywho.com/reverse-lookup
Black Book Online	http://www.blackbookonline.info/
CountyOffice.org – Browse county offices by State	http://www.countyoffice.org/
Hoovers	http://www.hoovers.com/
Melissa Data – Phone lookup (free)	http://www.melissadata.com/Lookups/index.htm
Open Corporates – The Open Database Of The Corporate World	https://opencorporates.com/
People Search – Pipl	https://pipl.com/
People Search – Yasni.com	http://www.yasni.com/
Phone Number and Reverse Phone Search	http://www.whitepages.com/reverse_phone
Phone Validator – Cell or Land Line (free)	http://www.phonevalidator.com/
Republic of Panama Public Records	http://www.panainfo.com/
Search Systems – Public Records Directory	http://publicrecords.searchsystems.net/United_States_Free_Public_Records_by_State/
SEC Filings	https://www.sec.gov/
Social Security Death Index	http://www.deathindexes.com/ssdi.html

Tools and References

Including search engines, news and information, maps & satellite photos

Title	Link
Audit Library: Fraud and Investigator Resources	http://www.auditnet.org/audit-library/fraudinvestigative-resources
Best Practices in Ethics Hotlines	http://www.fraud-magazine.com/article.aspx?id=4294967800
CFO Network by Price/Waterhouse Coopers	http://www.pwc.com/us/en/cfodirect.html
Computer Crime Research Center	http://www.crime-research.org/latestnews/
Consumer Frauds and Scams	https://www.usa.gov/scams-and-frauds
Deep web search engines	http://deep-web.org/how-to-research/deep-web-search-engines/
Economic Crime Intelligence	https://economiccrimeintelligence.wordpress.com/
FedEx Customer Protection Center- Defending Against Fraud	http://www.fedex.com/us/security/prevent-fraud/index.html
Fighting Identity Theft: A Guide	http://www.shopsleuth.com/resources/fighting-identity-theft
FileXT – File extension database	http://filext.com/
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)	http://www.fasb.org/home
Financial Scandals – Links to Resources	http://projects.exeter.ac.uk/RDavies/arian/scandals/
Fraud.org	http://fraud.org/
Geo – Google Earth	http://www.google.com/earth/
Geo – TerraFly – Maps and Satellite	http://www.terrafly.com/TP/USGS_aerial.html
Geo – TerraServer	http://www.terraserver.com/
Global Witness \| Grave Secrecy	https://www.globalwitness.org/en/
Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)	http://gasb.org/
Columbus Dispatch	https://www.dispatch.com/
GuideStar.org	http://www.guidestar.org/Home.aspx/
International Consortium of Investigative Journalists	http://www.icij.org/
Major Money Laundering Countries and the 2016 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR)	https://www.state.gov/j/inl/rls/nrcrpt/2016/index.htm
Meltwater	https://www.meltwater.com/
Scambusters.org	http://www.scambusters.org/
TechNewsWorld – Technology News	http://www.technewsworld.com/
Wayback machine – official site	https://archive.org/index.php
White Papers on risk	http://www.risklibrary.net/

U.S. Government Agencies & Organizations

Title	Link
FBI – Common Fraud Schemes	https://www.fbi.gov/scams-and-safety/common-fraud-schemes
FBI – Cyber Crime	https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/cyber
FBI – Identity Theft	https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/white-collar-crime/identity-theft
FDIC – Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	https://www.fdic.gov/
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCen) – U.S. Department of the Treasury	https://www.fincen.gov/
IRS – Internal Revenue Service	https://www.irs.gov/
U.S. Dept. of Commerce – Census Bureau	https://www.commerce.gov/us-census-bureau
U.S. Department Of Justice – Identity Theft and Identity Fraud	https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/identity-theft/identity-theft-and-identity-fraud
U.S. Department of Justice – Identity Theft and Identity Fraud – FCPA quick link	https://www.justice.gov/criminal-fraud/foreign-corrupt-practices-act
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) – U.S. Department of the Treasury	https://www.treasury.gov/about/organizational-structure/offices/Pages/Office-of-Foreign-Assets-Control.aspx
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission	http://www.sec.gov/