Fraud Museum Game: Seattle’s Worst Fraudsters

Fraud Museum Game: Seattle’s Worst Fraudsters

Each year at the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners’ (ACFE) Annual Global Fraud Conference, attendees get to explore some of the biggest frauds of the past — and a chance to win an Amazon gift card — with our Fraud Museum exhibit and trivia game. This year, 34th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference attendees get to examine some of the biggest scandals and schemes to go down in our host city of Seattle. The city might be renowned all over the world for its coffee culture, butit also has earned a reputation for vice and corruption through much of its early history. 

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Traveling Fraud Museum: Stand Against Fraud

Traveling Fraud Museum: Stand Against Fraud

Fraud examiners know that combatting fraud takes continued diligence and vigilance. It can sometimes be emotionally draining as well since fraudsters may have built up trust with the victims over years. Although being in the anti-fraud field can be taxing, fraud examiners continue to stand against fraud because they know it is the right thing to do. Some of the artifacts, memorabilia, documents and other pieces of fraud history collected by ACFE founder and Chairman Dr. Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA, exhibit how pioneers in the anti-fraud field have stood against fraud through the years and can be seen in this year’s Traveling Fraud Museum at the 30th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference. 

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Traveling Fraud Museum: The Power of Fraud

Traveling Fraud Museum: The Power of Fraud

Monetary loss, reputational damage, loss of trust — the power of fraud can have irreversible impacts on victims. Made up of artifacts, memorabilia, documents and other pieces of fraud history collected by ACFE founder and Chairman Dr. Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA, this year’s Traveling Fraud Museum at the 29th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference will display some of history’s most powerful fraudsters and the havoc they wreaked on their towns, organizations and governments.

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It's a Battle of Superheroes Versus Supervillains at the Traveling Fraud Museum

It's a Battle of Superheroes Versus Supervillains at the Traveling Fraud Museum

Made up of artifacts, memorabilia, documents and other pieces of fraud history collected by ACFE founder and Chairman Dr. Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA, this year’s Traveling Fraud Museum at the 28th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference displays some of fraud’s most nefarious villains and the heroes that brought these characters to justice.

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Traveling Fraud Museum Celebrates the 15-Year Anniversary of Frankensteins of Fraud

Traveling Fraud Museum Celebrates the 15-Year Anniversary of Frankensteins of Fraud

Fraud is a crime with severe impacts of historical magnitude. Made up of artifacts, memorabilia, documents, and other pieces of fraud history collected by ACFE founder and Chairman Dr. Joseph T. Wells, CFE, CPA, the Fraud Museum displays financial frauds committed by an educated society.

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