Craig L. Greene is a leading certified fraud examiner; white collar criminologist and founding partner of McGovern & Greene LLP. He works as a consultant and expert witness for law firms, corporations, not for profit, governmental and law enforcement agencies on cases involving allegations of fraud and misrepresentation. Frequently, his engagements—local, national and international— involve high profile fraud investigations, many of which have resulted in uncovering fraudulent financial reporting. Other engagements include corporate internal investigations, focusing on employee embezzlement; corruption payment schemes; and vendor/business partner frauds. Craig is also regularly engaged in litigation assignments as a Forensic Accountant to examine accounting records in business disputes; fraud matters; white collar criminal defense; bankruptcy; and CPA malpractice claims and has served as an expert witness in many litigation cases.

Prior to founding McGovern & Greene LLP, Craig was a Partner in a Chicago mid–size accounting practice, Principal of his own firm and held the position of senior supervising auditor at a Big Four accounting firm, where he supervised and performed audits, primarily of large publicly held corporations.

An internationally recognized public speaker, Craig has addressed numerous organizations on topics involving fraud and its detection, forensic accounting and casino accounting. He is a faculty member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners; Institute of Internal Auditors; and University of Nevada at Reno, Gaming Management Program. He is and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Illinois at Chicago; University of Notre Dame; Northwestern University; and University of Texas at Austin. Craig has also served as a corporate fraud instructor for the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and a procurement fraud trainer for the U.S. Naval Criminal Investigative Services.

Professional Designations and Certifications

CPA; Certified Public Accountant
Licensed in the States of Illinois, Iowa, Nevada and New Mexico

CFF; Certified in Financial Forensics
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

CFE; Certified Fraud Examiner
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

 

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

Institute of Internal Auditors

American Society for Industrial Security

American Society of Criminology

Illinois Certified Public Accountants Society

Nevada Society of CPA's

New Mexico Society of CPA's

International Association for Asset Recovery

 

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Accounting, Aurora University

Master of Criminal Justice, Boston University