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Primary Occupation
More than half of the CFEs who participated in our survey identified themselves as either fraud examiners/in-
vestigators or internal auditors. Nearly 13% are accounting or finance professionals, and 7% work in corporate
security or loss prevention roles.

Primary Occupations of Survey Participants

Fraud Examiner/Investigator 28.0%
Internal Auditor 27.6%
Accounting/Finance Professional 12.7%
Corporate Security and Loss Prevention 7.0%
Law Enforcement 5.7%
6.2%
Participant’s Occupation Governance, Risk, and Compliance 1.2% 2.8%
Consultant
Private Investigator
2.9%
Other
2.3%
Educator
External Auditor
Bank Examiner 1.2%
1.1%
IT/Computer Forensics Specialist 0.9%
Attorney 0.6%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
Percent of Participants

Experience
Survey participants had a median 11 years of experience in the fraud examination profession. Of those partici-
pants who provided information on their tenure in the field, 78% had more than five years of anti-fraud experi-
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ence, and nearly one-fifth of participants have worked in fraud examination for more than 20 years.

Experience of Survey Participants

30%
27.9%
25% 21.9% 19.6%
Percent of Participants 20% 18.3% 12.4%

15%

10%
5%

0%
5 years or less 6 to 10 years 11 to 15 years 16 to 20 years More than 20 years
Years in Fraud Examination Field

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