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15 years of experience. �
Nature of Fraud Examination Role FIG. 48 What was the professional role
of the survey participants?
More than half of the CFEs who participated
in our study work in-house, conducting fraud Other
2%
examinations on behalf of a single company
or agency. Twenty-seven percent work for a
Law
professional services firm that conducts fraud enforcement
18%
examinations for client organizations, while 18% � � � � � � � �
work in law enforcement and conduct fraud ex-
aminations under the authority of their agency.
In-house
Experience examiner
53%
The CFEs who participated in our study had a Professional
services firm
median 11 years of experience in the fraud ex- 27%
amination field, with over 30% having more than

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Respondents also provided information on the
total number of fraud cases they worked on FIG. 49 How much fraud examination
in the prior two years. As shown in Figure 50, experience did survey participants have?
one-quarter investigated more than 20 cas-
es, while 41% investigated five or fewer cases
during that time.
More than 5 years
20 years
19% or fewer � � � � � � � � � �
22%

16–20 years
13%

FIG. 50 How many fraud cases have survey 6–10 years
participants investigated in the past two years? 11–15 years 28%
18%

More than 20 cases (25%)

16–20 cases (7%)
11–15 cases (7%)

6–10 cases (20%)

5 or fewer cases (41%)

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