EXAM CONSTRUCTION SUMMARY
The CFCS certification examination was constructed according to the same nationally recognized psychometric standards as other distinguished professional certifications.
To ensure the exam met the highest industry standards, hundreds of top financial crime prevention professionals, psychometricians, and certification experts devoted many hours of their time to offer answers, analysis and insight in commentary through an extensive worldwide survey and in-depth live and virtual thought leadership roundtables.
SPECIAL ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND APPRECIATION
The CFCS Examination Preparation Study Manual was written and edited with the outstanding contributions of experts and specialists. ACFCS extends special thanks and acknowledgment to these financial crime professionals who shared their expertise and assistance.Beth Berenbaum
AML Consultant
Samantha Dillhoff
Fraud Specialist
Matteson Ellis, Esq.
Miller and Chevalier
JR Helmig
Leveraged Outcomes
Bud Heng
US OCDETF Pacific Region
Ron King
Retired
Rebecca LaPorte
AIG Advisor Group
John Lash, Esq.
BDO
Moyara Rueshen
Monterey Institute of International Studies
Sarah Satten
Wells Fargo & Company
Margaret S. Silvers
Wells Fargo & Company
Sandra Stibbards
Camelot Investigations
Swathi Perpati
Ernst & Young
Mohammad Zraiqat
Pelican
RECOGNITION OF THE FINANCIAL CRIME SPECIALISTS WHO ASSISTED IN CONSTRUCTING THE CFCS CERTIFICATION
ACFCS extends special thanks and acknowledgment to these financial crime professionals who shared their expertise in the creation of the CFCS Certification Examination.Heather Adams
Accenture
Albert Allison
Office of the City Auditor
Scott Andersen
KRyS Global
Carlota Arias
Lozano Consultores
Kenneth Barden, Esq.
Dan Barta
SAS
Beth Berenbaum
AML Consultant
Juan Ducali
United Nations Federal Credit Union
Annette Escobar, Esq.
Astigarraga Davis
Stanley I. Foodman
Foodman & Associates, P.A.
Brian Golden
HSBC
Amanda GoreB
otswana Directorate on Corruption and Economic Crime
JR Helmig
Leveraged Outcomes
Elizabeth Henry
Western Union
Katya Hirose
FTI Consulting
Steven Johnston, Esq.
Economic Crime Unit of Alberta Justice
Marie Kerr
Shamrock Consulting Group
Ron King
Retired
Ben Knieff
NICE Actimize
Nikki Kowalski, Esq.
JPMorgan Chase
Ken Krys
KRyS Global
Joram Borenstein
Nice Actimize
Daniel P. Boylan
Bank of America
Lorice E. Brown
Financial Services Commission
Alice Cambell
Research and Litigation Services
Jeff Chapman
IBM i2
Martin Chung
ICDD Pte Ltd
Rebecca LaPorte
FINRA
John Lash, Esq.
BDO
Tom Lasich
International Centre for Asset Recovery
Allen G. Love
TD Bank
Alberto Lozano, Esq.
Lozano Consultores
Michael M. Martens
Wells Fargo & Company
Isabel Medrano
WestStar Bank
Michael McDonald, Esq.
Michael McDonald & Associates
Tina Miller, Esq.
Farrell & Reisinger
Deborah Morrisey
DHS – ICE – HIS
Pamela C. Ogle
Wells Fargo & Company
Natasha Pankova Taft
Bank Hapoalim
Holly R. Park
Wells Fargo
Paul E. Pelletier, Esq.
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
Ron Penninger
IBM i2
Lynn Correia
Kroll Advisory Group
Annette Dance
Wells Fargo and Company
Nyron Davidson
Ameritrade
Delina Dhamo
National Bank of Egypt
Samantha Dillhoff
Fraud Specialist
Sonia Desai
Charles Schwab
Patricia Potts
Sightspan
Saskia Rietbroek
AML Services International, LLC
Guillermo Rodriguez
Bangkok Bank NY Branch
Louis Sapirman
Dun and Bradstreet
Nicole Saqui, Esq.
Conrad & Scherer, LLP
Sara L. Satten
Wells Fargo
Lisa Schor Babin
Dun and Bradstreet
Donald C. Semesky
Financial Operations Consultants
Stephen J. Shine, Esq.
Prudential Financial
Margaret S. Silvers
Wells Fargo
Jeffrey Sklar
SHC Consulting Group, LLC
James Slear
Thompson Coburn
Steve Smith
SRS Consulting, Inc.
Delena Spann
United States Secret Service