Fraud Week Lunch & Learn: Private Investigator or Forensic Accountant: Starting your own business

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Private Investigator or Forensic Accountant: Starting your own business

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Presenter Bio

James is the principal manager of Peet & Associates, LLC, a Washington State licensed Private Investigative Agency specializing in financial investigations. He has been a CFE since 2011.

For almost fifteen years, he has investigated fraud for governments, businesses, and individuals as a CFE. During that time, he has also published a dozen articles on fraud in a number of journals, such as Fraud Magazine, PI Magazine, and Pierce County Lawyer. He was the Training Director for the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and has personally provided training to other fraud investigators, accountants, and attorneys. James also developed and taught classes on Organizational and White Collar Crime and Business Crimes Investigations for City University of Seattle.

James is a graduate of two law enforcement academies and served as a federal and local law enforcement officer. He also holds a PhD, M.A., and B.A. in Geography, his first academic love.

In his copious spare time (ha!), he writes Science Fiction and Political/Legal thrillers (available on Amazon), travels, rides his Adventure Motorcycle, and fishes. He's walked the Camino de Santiago and motorcycled the Trans-America Trail.