CFE-Investigation Exam Dumps - Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) - Investigation

“Alibis generally can be diffused by displaying physical evidence… evidence should be displayed one piece at a time, in reverse order of importance”【16:2014 International Fraud Examiners Manual.pdf†L11-L14】.

The Prep Guide warns: “The proper technique is not to lay it all out at once” .

Thus, showing everything at once is the least effective.

“Once a denial is uttered, it becomes extremely difficult for the accused to change his response, because doing so would be an admission that he lied. Therefore, the interviewer must prevent an outright denial, thereby making it easier for the subject to confess”.

“One of the most effective techniques to stop or interrupt a denial is through a delaying tactic… the interviewer should attempt to delay the outright denial; he should not argue with the accused”.

Thus, Charles should interrupt with a delaying tactic.

According to CFE Prep – Investigations:

“In most jurisdictions, income tax records are not public records and cannot be accessed for pre-employment purposes”.

Common public sources include court, property, licensing, and utility records.Thus, searching income tax filings is not a common use of public sources.

Phone records are classified as nonpublic records. The Fraud Examiners Manual explains that personal telephone and mobile records usually require consent, subpoena, or warrant to access. Public records, by contrast, include real property ownership and corporate filings. Therefore, B is correct.

CFE Prep clarifies entrapment:

“Entrapment occurs when law enforcement induces a person to commit a crime that he is not predisposed to commit… It is imperative that adequate predication exists before the operation is commenced. For example, if the officer received a reliable tip, that could serve as adequate predication.”

Here, the officer acted on a reliable tip, so the entrapment claim would fail.

The Fraud Examiners Manual notes that predictive modeling and data analysis allow fraud examiners to detect fraud by using historical data to forecast future trends and anomalies. This matches option B.

The Fraud Examiners Manual makes clear that covert operations are extraordinary measures that require high skill and planning and should be used only when no other practical method is available. They carry significant risks, including embarrassment, liability, and even injury or death. Therefore, covert operations should not be the first resort but instead follow conventional evidence-gathering efforts.

“Metadata information can help determine who wrote a document, who received, opened, copied, edited, moved, or printed the document, and when these events occurred”.

Thus, metadata is the best source for creation date.