June 09, 2026

2026 Guardian Award: Drew Sullivan and Paul Radu

June 09, 2026/ Kelsey Copeland

Each year, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) presents the Guardian Award to journalists whose pursuit of the truth has significantly contributed to the fight against fraud. This year, the honor goes to Drew Sullivan and Paul Radu, co-founders of the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP), whose groundbreaking investigative work has exposed corruption, organized crime and financial fraud across borders.

June 23, 2025

Creating a More Equitable Society Through Anti-Fraud Work

June 23, 2025/ Rihonna Scoggins

Marina Walker Guevara, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist and executive editor at the Pulitzer Center, told attendees of the 36th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference of the effect of exposing inequity to the general public through the Panama Papers.

June 02, 2025

2025 Guardian Award: Marina Walker Guevara

June 02, 2025/ Rihonna Scoggins

Each year, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) presents the Guardian Award to a journalist whose pursuit of the truth has significantly contributed to the fight against fraud. This year, the honor goes to Marina Walker Guevara, a trailblazer in collaborative investigative journalism.

June 25, 2024

Understanding the Righteousness of Anti-Fraud Work: Glenn Cook

June 25, 2024/ Rihonna Scoggins

“Be courageous. Understand the righteousness of your work, to never doubt the importance of doing the right thing and stopping people from doing the wrong thing,” Glenn Cook stresses to attendees when speaking about the dangers of exposing fraud and corruption.

June 03, 2024

2024 Guardian Award: Lizzie Johnson and Jeff German

June 03, 2024/ Rihonna Scoggins

The ACFE Guardian Award is bestowed on a journalist whose determination, perseverance and commitment to the truth have contributed significantly to the fight against fraud. This award recognizes those who have made extraordinary efforts to uncover and report on fraudulent activities, often at great personal risk. This year, the ACFE is honored to award Lizzie Johnson and Jeff German with the Guardian Award.

June 13, 2023

Guardian Award Winner Takes Corruption Fight to Highest Levels

June 13, 2023/ Paul Kilby

When Miranda Patrucic first started out as an investigative journalist, her editor Drew Sullivan would tell her, “Go get me a miracle.” Patrucic never quite understood but she was soon to discover what he meant after being assigned to do a profile of Milo Dukanovic, the longstanding leader of the small Balkan nation Montenegro.

“I didn’t know anything about Montenegro, and [here I was] deciding to go investigate a prime minister, the most powerful person in the country,” recalled Patrucic to another packed opening session at the 34th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference in Seattle on Tuesday.

June 06, 2023

Video: 2023 ACFE Achievement Award Winners

June 06, 2023/ John Duffley

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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