ACFE Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) - Law CFE-Law Exam Questions

During a trial in an adversarial system an attorney calls an expert witness to the stand and asks "Could you please describe the procedures you performed in your examination?'' Based on this question, which type of testimony is MOST LIKELY being presented'?

Robert, a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), wants to ensure that the authenticity of the evidence he collected during his investigation is not compromised. His main objective should be to:

Alicia has been charged with tax evasion. As a defense, Alicia claims that she made an honest mistake due to the complexity of the tax law and did not intentionally violate the jurisdiction's tax laws. If the court finds that her mistake was made in good faith, then she will most likely NOT be found to have willfully engaged in fraudulent actions to avoid reporting or paying her taxes.

Antonio is investigating Sam on behalf of their employer, XYZ Company. During the investigation, Antonio tells a group of their coworkers who are not involved in the investigation that he discovered Sam has a serious gambling addiction, which is true. Assuming that their jurisdiction has civil laws for all of the following causes of action, which one would give Sam the BEST chance for success if he decides to bring a civil action against Antonio?

Grant, a fraud examiner is investigating Beatrice for embezzlement on his employer's behalf. During his investigation. Grant learns that Beatrice has cheated on her spouse and he tells several of Beatrice's coworkers about it Beatrice discovers that Grant revealed the unflattering (albeit true) information about her and decides to file a claim of defamation against Grant. Which of the following is the BEST explanation of why Beatrice will not win her defamation case?

Which of the following schemes involves disguising money from illegal nonbusiness sources by recording more income on a business's books than the business actually generates?

Kamala is conducting a fraud examination in a country where courts apply laws from codified statutes to each case. When deciding legal issues, the courts are not bound by similar court decisions from previous cases. The country where Kamala is working MOST LIKELY has a __________ judicial system.