2024 Cressey Award: Damian Williams

2024 Cressey Award: Damian Williams

The ACFE is proud to announce Damian Williams as the recipient of the 2024 Cressey Award, a prestigious honor recognizing lifetime achievement in the detection and deterrence of fraud. This award is named after Dr. Donald R. Cressey, one of the United States’ foremost fraud experts and a founding father of the ACFE. Established in 1989, the Cressey Award represents the highest honor bestowed by the ACFE, celebrating individuals who have dedicated their careers to combating fraud and promoting integrity. 

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Cressey Award Winner Reflects on Career and Lessons Learned

Cressey Award Winner Reflects on Career and Lessons Learned

“It is unusual for those of us in the inspector general community to have people, when you are introduced, to actually stay in the room to listen and talk to you. Usually, people run for the doors,” joked Michael Horowitz, the inspector general for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), as he addressed another packed session at 34th Annual ACFE Global Fraud Conference in Seattle on Tuesday.

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Video: 2023 ACFE Achievement Award Winners

Video: 2023 ACFE Achievement Award Winners

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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The 2023 ACFE Achievement Award Recipients

The 2023 ACFE Achievement Award Recipients

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.

This year’s award recipients feature a group that includes lifelong fraud fighters, investigators, mentors, educators, truth seekers and warriors for justice.

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