PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Public Accountant
  
Certified Fraud Examiner
  
Expert Witness and Trial Preparation

EXPERIENCE

H. Kenneth Dickson, Jr., is a partner with the Raleigh, NC firm of Dickson & Warren, CPA, LLP, a CPA firm specializing in litigation support in the areas of White Collar Crime, Fraud investigations, and accountancy malpractice issues. Ken is a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He served as a Special Agent with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation's Financial Crimes Investigations Unit specializing in criminal investigations including embezzlement, false pretense (fraud), money laundering schemes, computer crime investigations, arson for profit investigations, and assisted in homicide for profit investigations. Mr. Dickson orchestrated criminal investigations by providing specific engagement plans for victims' CPA firms to follow in order to present investigative case to prosecuting attorney.

H. Kenneth Dickson, Jr. has work experience with the United States Secret Service Uniform Division. He was assigned to the White House. Mr. Dickson was trained at the Federal Law Enforcement Center in Glynco, GA, as well as at the United States Secret Service Training Center in Beltsville, MD. Mr. Dickson received several letters of commendation during his tenure with the US Secret Service.
  

Expert Witness Designations

• Expert witness in the US District Court, Middle District, North Carolina in the areas of rendering an opinion on financial statements as well as an expert in the investigation of white collar crimes(1988).
    
• Expert witness in forensic accounting in the US District Court, Eastern District, NC (2000).
    
• Expert in tax preparation and tax matters in the Wake County, NC District Court (2000).
    
• Expert witness in the areas of Taxation, Forensic Accounting, and the Investigation of White Collar Crime in Chatham County Superior Court (2000)
    
• Expert witness in numerous North Carolina State Superior Courts in the areas of the investigation of white collar crime, accountancy, identifying assets derived from illegal sources, and forensic accounting.
    
• Also testified and presently testifies before grand juries in the areas of the investigation of various white collar crimes as listed above.
    

While working as a Special Agent with the NC State Bureau of Investigation, Mr. Dickson taught other SBI agents, local law enforcement officers and investigators, Clerks of Court, County Finance Managers, prosecuting attorneys, and others, about white collar crime. Instruction provided to law enforcement officers consisted of identifying areas where white collar crime was taking place, preserving evidence, and investigating the actual white collar crime. Mr. Dickson also worked with victims' CPA firms, instructing these firms as to what was needed in order to present a case to a prosecuting attorney.

Since establishing his CPA firm, Mr. Dickson continues to educate and train accounting professionals in the areas of investigating white collar crime in both the civil and criminal arenas, building an effective case for presentation to the prosecuting or plaintiff's attorney, as well as trial preparation. Mr. Dickson works with other CPA firms and their clients in Litigation Support areas.

H. Kenneth Dickson, Jr. was certified as an instructor with the North Carolina Justice Academy in Salemburg, NC, providing instruction in the areas of White Collar Crime to local, state, and federal investigators. Mr. Dickson has also provided instruction to attorneys and federal law enforcement agents in the area of utilizing information from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) in the investigation of white collar crimes, as well as criminal investigations involving obtaining and analyzing financial and related information about criminal suspects and targets.

H. Kenneth Dickson, Jr. is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the Central Carolina Chapter of Certified Fraud Examiners, and is the founding president of the North Carolina Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. H. Kenneth Dickson, Jr. is member of the faculty of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, providing instruction and continuing education to CPAs, CFEs, attorneys, auditors and accountants throughout the United States on various topics in the area of white collar crime. H. Kenneth Dickson, Jr. appears on national radio and on television as a commentator about White Collar Crime.

Mr. Dickson received a Bachelor of Science degree from James Madison University, a Master of Divinity degree in Psychology and Counseling from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, and performed post-graduate work at North Carolina State University in Economics and Accounting.
   

LECTURES AND SEMINARS TAUGHT

HIGH TECH FRAUD CONFERENCE
San Francisco, CA
Presented a seminar on computer crime and relevant statutes dealing with privacy issues for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

PROFILE OF THE EMBEZZLER - 9TH ANNUAL FRAUD CONFERENCE
New Orleans, LA
Presented a seminar on the profile of an embezzler to over five hundred attendees of the 9th Annual Fraud Conference of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

PAYROLL FRAUD - 10TH ANNUAL FRAUD CONFERENCE
Las Vegas, NV
Presented a seminar dealing with payroll tax issues as well as ways to identify payroll fraud in the workplace for the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.

VENDOR FRAUD - 12TH ANNUAL FRAUD CONFERENCE
Orlando, FL
Presented a two hour seminar dealing with white collar criminal schemes in which the vendor system is used. Included applications for the private and public/governmental sectors.

FRAUD AUDITING/INTERVIEWING AND
INTERROGATION/SEARCHES OF PUBLIC RECORDS TO DISCOVER FRAUD
Baltimore, MD
Presented an eight-hour seminar to the Baltimore Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors on the above captioned topics.

FRAUD AUDITING/DETECTION OF FRAUD
PIEDMONT CHAPTER, NCACPA MEMBERS IN INDUSTRY CHAPTER
Salisbury, NC
Presented a four-hour seminar on the profile of an embezzler, North Carolina General Statutes dealing with white collar crime, case study of embezzlement/fraud cases, indicators of embezzlement.

PAYROLL FRAUD/INTERVIEW AND INTERROGATION/CASE STUDIES
CENTRAL CAROLINA CHAPTER OF CERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMINERS
Raleigh, NC
Presented numerous seminars on the above captioned topics.

FRAUD AUDITING/FRAUD AND EMBEZZLEMENT SCHEMES
NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS CONFERENCE
Greensboro, NC
Presented seminar in the general session on the above captioned topics.

FRAUD AUDITING/FRAUD AND EMBEZZLEMENT SCHEMES
NORTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATION OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
Sand Hills Chapter and Coastal Plains Chapter
Presented seminar in the general session on the above captioned topics.

FEATURED ARTICLE
The White Paper
Featured in the White Paper, a publication of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. Featured as a practitioner in private practice of Litigation Support.

   
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