Harry Markopolos, CFE, CFA, now famous for his recent testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Financial Subcommittee on Central Markets about the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme, offered the following tips in an interview for the ACFE's May/June 2009 issue of FRAUD Magazine:
Join your local ACFE chapter and attend meetings regularly. Collect fellow members' business cards, and ask about their expertise. Then when you run into what seems like an unsolvable problem, use your Rolodex to reach out and ask for advice. Build a world-class fraud library, one book at a time. The ACFE bookstore and Amazon.com carry a large number of anti-fraud titles that you should be reading as part of your continuing education program. Develop an expertise in a fraud examination specialty to make yourself more valuable. Pick a specialty that's your passion, and master it. Find a mentor who can guide you in making career decisions and teach you the finer points of fraud examination. Follow the one-third rule: for every hour you spend working, spend a third of that time engaged in continuing educational activities or social networking.
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