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Meet Dr. Fraud - J. Michael Skiba, MBA, PhD

Dr. Michael Skiba, also known as Dr. Fraud ®, is an international consultant/expert on financial crime, fraud and professional communication and has been referred to as one of the top crime fighters in the world. He worked in the fraud industry for 22 years (investigator, analyst, and Vice President International Counter Fraud) and for the last seven years has worked as President of the International  Fraud Training Group (a company he co-founded) in every international region as a consultant, trainer, and speaker on fraud. 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 has also been a professor for 18 years and is currently the Department Chair at  Colorado State University Global where he oversees the Criminal Justice Department  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 NBC, CBS, FOX, Bloomberg,  SiriusXM radio and his live talk show on KRDO Colorado named “Fraud Fireside Chat”. He is a staff instructor for the United Nations, INTERPOl, FBI and ATF. He is an accomplished author that has published over 300 articles, including a groundbreaking book entitled “The Psychology of Fraud. He is also the host of DFTV, a TV series focused on investigating international scams. www.drfraud.org.        

"Success is 80% psychological."

- Tony Robbins

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