Robert DeFatta

About

Jerry has over twenty years of experience as a professional working in corporate security and investigations. He is a Board Accredited Investigator (BAI) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) with extensive training and experience in conducting internal theft and fraud investigations. He is also certified in the Reid Technique of Interview and Interrogation (CRT). Before leaving the casino industry, he worked for over 10 years as a Senior Security Investigator for one of the largest gaming companies in Louisiana. In 1997, Jerry became licensed as a private investigator and founded DeFatta & Associates, LLC. Since that time, he has continued to conduct internal theft and fraud-related investigations for a variety of corporate clients. He is an active member of Intellenet and serves on the Board of Directors for this group as well as being the Chairman of the BAI program, He is also an active member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), ASIS International, and several other professional organizations. Jerry is also an experienced instructor who has conducted training in investigative techniques, fraud prevention, deception detection, and private investigations throughout the country. Jerry is approved by the Louisiana State Board of Private Investigator Examiners as a private investigator instructor and his training courses have been approved as Continuing Education for private investigators and others. He has authored articles on the topic of employee theft and his work has been published in Security Management and PI Magazine.