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Fraud and Financial Crime Investigation

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About This Program

You’re a quick thinker. You’re focused, motivated, and ambitious. You want a career on the forefront of new technology, and you want to learn the skills that can help protect individuals and businesses from crime. Fraud and Financial Crime Investigation may be the major for you.

Why Utica University

The first program of its kind in the nation, Utica University's undergraduate major in Fraud and Financial Crime Investigation (formerly economic crime investigation) offers advanced education in the highly specialized skill sets required to prevent, detect, and investigate economic crime in today's global economy.

Economic crime encompasses fraud, money laundering, and corruption, with counter-efforts that include institutional and corporate compliance and due diligence programs, regulatory and enforcement efforts on the part of government agencies, and the recovery of assets wrongfully taken or held.  Part of Utica's internationally respected suite of economic crime and justice studies programs, the Fraud and Financial Crime Investigation major is taught by a remarkably accomplished professional faculty using the industry's most current tools and techniques.

The BS Fraud and Financial Crime Investigation program is available both online and on campus.

Related Programs

  • Forensic Accounting (online)
  • Fraud and Financial Crime Investigation (online)

Contact Information

Office of Admissions

(315) 792-3006
admiss@utica.edu

General Information

Track

  • Major

Degree

  • B.S.

Location

  • Utica Campus
Utica Excellence, Utica Value

Fraud and Financial Crime Investigation at Utica

Enrolling in the program was one of the best decisions I've made. It opened the door to my employment with Equitable. I couldn't be more satisfied with my experience and education at Utica University.

Thomas Tarkowski '89 CFE, CLU Equitable New York, NY

Career Opportunities

The Fraud and Financial Crime Investigation major at Utica University prepares you for career-track positions in a range of fields, including:
    • Law Enforcement
    • Fraud Investigation
    • Compliance
    • Forensic Accounting
    • Government Intelligence Services
    • Banking and Finance
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State-of-the-Art

Students have access to advanced technologies available in the University's state-of-the-art Economic Crime, Justice Studies, and Cybersecurity facility.
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First of its Kind

The Fraud and FInancial Crime Investigation major at Utica University is the FIRST undergraduate degree of its kind in the United States.

What You'll Learn

Developed in consultation with the Economic Crime and Cybersecurity Institute of Utica University (www.ecii.edu), the Fraud and Financial Crime Investigation major features a uniquely interdisciplinary curriculum that includes courses in:

  • accounting
  • finance
  • economic crime law
  • financial investigations
  • fraud detection
  • payment systems
  • detection technologies

Student have the opportunity to choose from two concentrations:

  • Fraud prevention and detection
  • Financial investigation
Full Fraud and Financial Crime Investigation Curriculum and Learning Objectives
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Fraud and Financial Crime Investigation Faculty

Financial crime investigation at Utica College
Donald J. Rebovich, Ph.D.
  • Distinguished Professor of Criminal Justice
Professor Bernie Hyman
Bernard L. Hyman, Jr., J.D.
  • Professor of Practice - Economic Crime Mgmt
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Suzanne Lynch, M.S.
  • Professor of Practice - Economic Crime

Adjunct Faculty

Ryne J. Cornacchia, M.S.
  • Adjunct Lecturer of Criminal Justice
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Kevin J. Dwyer, J.D.
  • Adjunct Lecturer of Economic Crime Management
Richard D. Kelly, Jr., M.S.
  • Adjunct Professor of Criminal Justice
Dale A. Smith, M.A.
  • Adjunct Lecturer of Economic Crime Management
Jennifer Urbanke
Jennifer H. Urbanke, B.S.
  • OE Campus Ops Specialist

A Degree That Works

Utica University Fraud and Financial Crime Investigation alumni have taken rewarding positions at:

  • Bank of America
  • Deloitte & Touche LLP
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.)
  • Hartford Financial Services
  • HSBC
  • IRS Criminal Investigations
  • JP Morgan Chase
  • NBT Bankcorp, Inc
  • SAS Institute
  • U.S. Secret Service
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Student Voices: Victoria Montgomery

A brief conversation with Victoria Montgomery '15, a recent graduate of the Economic Crime Investigation major.

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Student Voices: Celeste Cook '19

A conversation with Celeste Cook '19, a dual major in Fraud and Financial Crime Investigation and Spanish, about industry-experienced professors, real-world learning opportunities, and her plans for the future.

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Student Voices: Sydney Turczyn '17

A brief visit with FFCI (ECI) major Sydney Turczyn '17 about her experience as a transfer student, her academic program, her professors, and her plans for studying abroad in South Africa.

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Student Voices: Jared Platt

Economic Crime Investigation major Jared Platt discusses his choice to come to Utica University and the growing outlook across the board in his field.

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