Forensic Certified Public Accountant Society (The Forensic CPA Society Inc)

Offering the internationally recognised Forensic CPA certification for accountants, auditors, and investigators specialising in fraud detection and financial crime.

Our Forensic CPA program helps accounting professionals, auditors, compliance officers, and financial investigators develop the specialised skills needed to detect fraud, support litigation, and testify as expert witnesses — turning general accounting expertise into court-ready forensic capability.

Standard accounting qualifications don't cover how to trace hidden assets, reconstruct falsified records, or present financial evidence that holds up in court. Our program bridges that gap, equipping CPAs and Chartered Accountants with the investigative techniques, legal frameworks, and interviewing skills used in real fraud examinations. Graduates move into specialist roles such as fraud examiner, forensic auditor, AML specialist, financial crimes investigator, litigation support specialist, and expert witness — across law firms, banks, government agencies, and consulting firms in over 60 countries.

The certification itself is built around four progressive certificate courses: Principles of Fraud Examination, Principles of Forensic Accounting, Principles of Financial Investigations and Investigative Accounting, and Principles of Interviewing and Interrogation in Forensic Practice — covering everything from the fraud triangle and deception detection to transaction tracing and business valuation.

Each certificate exam has 100 multiple-choice questions (200-minute limit, 70% pass mark), and candidates complete all four within one year of their first exam, studying via flexible self-paced modules or live instructor-led classes with e-books, recorded lectures, and internship opportunities included. While CPAs, Chartered Accountants, and equivalent designation-holders are core candidates, professionals with a related anti-fraud background can also qualify on a case-by-case basis, and non-accountants can pursue individual certificates.