Meet Dr. Fraud - J. Michael Skiba, MBA, PhD
Dr. J. Michael Skiba, also known as Dr. Fraud ®, is an international expert on financial/cybercrime and has been named one of the top crime fighters in the world. He worked in the fraud industry for 22 years (investigator, analyst, director, and Vice President International Counter Fraud) and for the last nine years has worked as COO/President of the International Fraud Training Group, a company he cofounded, in every international region (101 countries!) as a consultant, trainer, and speaker on financial crime. International governments, private companies, and colleges regularly call upon him to speak (over 400 keynotes) and offer training on his global expertise including recent engagements in South Africa, Brazil, Malaysia, and the Nordics. He is also an International Financial Crime Expert and Tactical Intelligence Officer for the United Nations and is the lead consultant and trainer globally for the UN in his area of expertise.
He has also been a professor for 21 years and is currently the Department Chair at Colorado State University Global where he oversees the Criminal Justice Department and also the Legal Studies Program including specializations in Fraud, Financial Crime, and Cybercrime. He holds an MBA and a PhD with a research focus on economic crime. He is highly sought after in the media and can be seen weekly in many media outlets including CNBC, CBS, NewsNation, Bloomberg, Cheddar, SiriusXM radio and his live talk show on KRDO Colorado named “Fraud Fireside Chat”. He is a staff instructor for INTERPOL, FBI and ATF and is an accomplished author that has published over 300 articles, including a book entitled “The Psychology of Fraud. He is also the host of DFTV, a TV series focused on investigating international scams. www.drfraud.org.