Become a Certified Fraud
Examiner with Diligence 360
The CFE® credential — awarded by the ACFE — is the world's most recognised anti-fraud certification. Diligence 360 prepares you to pass, with ACFE-certified trainers delivering expert-led training from Dubai to the globe.
According to the ACFE 2024 Compensation Guide, CFEs consistently out-earn non-certified peers at every level and across every industry. The CFE credential is one of the highest-return certifications in compliance and finance.
The CFE credential is ideal for professionals working in or moving into anti-fraud, audit, compliance, or investigative roles across any industry or sector.
📊 Auditors & Accountants
Internal and external auditors, CPAs, and financial professionals looking to specialise in fraud detection and investigation.
👁 Compliance Officers
Compliance and risk professionals who need to detect, prevent, and respond to fraud across regulated industries.
⚖ Investigators & Law Enforcement
Professionals in fraud investigation, financial crime units, and law enforcement agencies building formal credentials.
🏢 Banking & Finance Professionals
Professionals in financial institutions, fintech, and insurance seeking to strengthen anti-fraud capabilities.
📄 Legal Professionals
Lawyers, prosecutors, and paralegals with an anti-fraud or financial crime specialisation.
🏫 Recent Graduates
Accounting, law, criminology, or business graduates building a career in fraud examination and governance.
The CFE Exam is a closed-book assessment across four domains. Our preparation programme ensures full coverage of every topic tested, with dedicated sessions for each section.
Fraud Schemes & Financial Crimes
Asset misappropriation, financial statement fraud, corruption schemes, money laundering, and identity theft typologies.
Fraud Investigations & Legal Issues
Evidence collection, interview techniques, digital forensics, legal principles, and documenting investigation findings.
Fraud Prevention & Deterrence
Internal controls, fraud risk frameworks, ethics, corporate governance, and designing anti-fraud programmes.
Financial Transactions & Fraud Schemes
Accounting fundamentals, financial statement analysis, fraud indicators in transactions, and forensic accounting.
The ACFE uses a qualifying points system combining education and fraud-related professional experience. Here is your step-by-step path to certification.
Join the ACFE
Become an Associate Member of the ACFE — required before sitting the exam.
Earn 40+ points
Accumulate eligibility points through your degree and fraud-related work experience.
Pass the CFE exam
Score 75%+ on all sections. Our coaching is designed to get you there first time.
Earn your CFE
Reach 50 points with 2+ years of fraud-related experience and claim your credential.
Whether you are equipping an entire compliance team or need focused one-to-one coaching, we have a programme built for your needs.
Designed for compliance offices, internal audit teams, and financial crime units looking to upskill multiple staff at once. We bring the training to your organisation — in-person or live online.
- Group sessions for 5 to 50+ participants
- In-person at your offices or live online
- Customised to your industry and risk environment
- Full coverage of all 4 CFE exam sections
- Practice exams, mock tests & study materials
- Post-training exam application support
A completely bespoke CFE preparation experience. Our ACFE-certified trainer works with you directly — at your pace, focused on your weakest areas, scheduled anywhere in the world.
- Dedicated ACFE-certified trainer, just for you
- Flexible scheduling across all time zones
- Targeted coaching on your weakest exam sections
- Personal study plan and exam strategy
- Unlimited Q&A between sessions
- Exam application guidance included
🌎 Built for global participants
Our CFE preparation is fully accessible worldwide. Join live online from any country or travel to our Dubai training hub for an immersive in-person experience.
🎓 Trained by ACFE-Certified Fraud Examiners
All Diligence 360 CFE trainers hold active CFE credentials issued by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. You learn from professionals who have passed the exam, worked in the field, and know exactly what it takes to succeed.
Our ACFE-certified trainers combine deep anti-fraud expertise with a structured, exam-focused methodology — so you walk in confident and walk out certified.
⭐ ACFE-certified trainers
Our trainers are active CFEs with real investigation and audit experience — not just instructors.
🎯 Exam-focused coaching
Mock exams, practice questions, and targeted coaching on your weakest areas across all 4 sections.
🌎 Truly global delivery
Live online sessions designed for professionals across all time zones — no location barrier.
📍 Dubai training hub
In-person bootcamps in Dubai — ideal for GCC and international participants.
Real professionals, real results. Here is how the CFE credential — with preparation support from Diligence 360 — helped two anti-fraud professionals unlock the next chapter of their careers.
"I had been working in internal audit for five years but wanted to specialise in fraud. The CFE was the credential that opened every door. Diligence 360's structured preparation was exceptional — the 1-to-1 coaching focused on exactly the sections where I was weakest. I passed first time and within four months was promoted to Head of Fraud Investigations at my firm, with a salary increase of over 35%. The investment paid for itself many times over."
"I was transitioning from risk analysis into financial crime and needed a globally recognised credential to make the move credible. Diligence 360's corporate training programme was tailored perfectly to my background — practical, exam-focused, and delivered by trainers who genuinely knew the subject. I passed my CFE on the first attempt and landed a Financial Crime Manager role at a leading UAE bank within three months. The CFE was the turning point in my career."
Ready to become a Certified Fraud Examiner?
Join professionals from across the globe advancing their anti-fraud careers with Diligence 360. Enrol now or speak to an ACFE-certified advisor today.