Video: 2023 ACFE Achievement Award Winners

Video: 2023 ACFE Achievement Award Winners

Every year, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners recognizes individuals and organizations who demonstrate outstanding achievements in their professional and personal endeavors. The ACFE Awards highlight the very best of the anti-fraud profession and serve to inspire a global community of ACFE members, their colleagues and future generations of fraud fighters.

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The 2023 ACFE Achievement Award Recipients

The 2023 ACFE Achievement Award Recipients

Every year, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners recognizes individuals and organizations who demonstrate outstanding achievements in their professional and personal endeavors. The ACFE Awards highlight the very best of the anti-fraud profession and serve to inspire a global community of ACFE members, their colleagues and future generations of fraud fighters.

This year’s award recipients feature a group that includes lifelong fraud fighters, investigators, mentors, educators, truth seekers and warriors for justice.

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CFE of the Year: Vincent Walden, CFE

CFE of the Year: Vincent Walden, CFE

The Certified Fraud Examiner of the Year Award is presented to a CFE who has demonstrated outstanding achievement in the field of fraud examination.

With more than 25 years of investigative and legal technology experience, Vincent Walden has made significant contributions to the field of anti-fraud training and the discipline of fraud examination.

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Outstanding Achievement in Community Outreach and Service: Ronald Catania

Outstanding Achievement in Community Outreach and Service: Ronald Catania

The Outstanding Achievement in Community Outreach and Service reflects the ACFE’s strong belief that members should be active contributors to their communities and be committed to helping improve the places where they live and work. The recipient of the Outstanding Achievement in Community Outreach and Service award must demonstrate that they have been an active volunteer in projects that have resulted in a recognized improvement of their community. This can be demonstrated by the commitment of time or donations to a charitable cause.

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ACFE Hall of Fame 2022

ACFE Hall of Fame 2022

The ACFE Hall of Fame award recognizes a fraud fighter who has taken the anti-fraud profession to a new level. This award was created to acknowledge someone whose work spans decades and is a reminder that what we do is vital to the global fight against fraud. The award encapsulates the very definition of what it means to be an anti-fraud professional. Martin Biegelman is a former federal law enforcement professional with a lifetime of investigative, security, management and consulting experience.

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James R. Baker Speaker of the Year Award: Tom Caulfield

James R. Baker Speaker of the Year Award: Tom Caulfield

The James R. Baker Speaker of the Year Award is named for an ACFE faculty member who taught hundreds of classes and instructed thousands of anti-fraud professionals. The award was first presented to Jim Baker himself in 2008, who lost his battle with cancer the same year. Since then, the award is given annually to a speaker who demonstrates the best qualities that Mr. Baker exhibited: Dedication. Experience. Knowledge. Professionalism. This year’s winner, Tom Caulfield, has more than forty years of combined experience in the private sector, federal government and the military.

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Educator of the Year Award: Dr. David Glodstein

Educator of the Year Award: Dr. David Glodstein

Every year the ACFE Educator of the Year Award is presented to an educator who has made an outstanding contribution to the development of anti-fraud education. Dr. David Glodstein is an associate professor in the department of accounting, taxation and business law at the State University of New York College at Old Westbury.

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