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CPAs at the FBI are highly sought after as they are at the forefront of investigating and busting criminals who are stealing money from organizations. In fact, over 2,000 CPAs are on the FBI’s payroll. They work at one of the FBI’s 56 field offices or overseas and focus on helping to solve financial fraud cases, like corporate fraud, to put bad actors behind bars.

Get to know the types of crimes CPAs at the FBI take on every day. Visit https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/white-collar-crime to explore the many facets of white-collar crime.

You have been assigned a group.

Based on your research, please post your answers to the questions, below, in one group discussion post:

What is the definition of white-collar crime?

What is obstruction of justice? Choices as follows:

Voluntary cooperation to work with the FBI over financial fraud

Manipulation of a company’s share price

Stealing money from local law enforcement agencies

Willful interference with investigations conducted by governmental agencies

Which governmental agency does the FBI not list as an agency they work closely with investigating corporate fraud? Choices as follows:

Security and Exchange Commission

Department of Labor

Small Business Administration

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

What are the four most common types of investment fraud schemes?

What are the types of corporate fraud activities the FBI primarily investigates?

In your replies to your colleagues, after reading about these types of white-collar crimes and the FBI, discuss whether a career with the FBI or other governmental agency interests you, and why/why not?