About Us
Joseph Koletar
Dr. Koletar has over twelve years' experience as an Executive Director, Principal, and Director in the Fraud and Investigations practices of Ernst & Young LLP and Deloitte & Touché LLP. During this time Dr. Koletar conducted and managed investigations in retail, manufacturing, media, hospitality, health care, energy, banking, financial services, insurance, transportation, and not-for-profits. Matters addressed included: executive defalcations, conflict of interest, revenue recognition, channel stuffing, sales commission schemes, payroll and disbursement schemes, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, vendor integrity, grey market and product counterfeiting, anti-money laundering controls, protection of intellectual property, due diligence, fraud vulnerability assessments, compliance testing, and crisis management preparedness.
His work has taken place throughout the United States and in sixteen foreign countries, and has involved working with many premier law firms and large corporations.
Dr. Koletar served for twenty-five years as a Special Agent and Senior Executive in the FBI, holding positions as Special Agent in Charge, Inspector, and Section Chief. At the time of his retirement, he was the national program manager for a $2.5 Billion criminal investigations’ budget, computer operations, the Witness Protection Program and informant operations, criminal undercover operations, surveillance and aviation operations, the Strategic Intelligence Operations Center, and White House Background Investigations. Prior to joining the FBI, he was an Intelligence Officer in the United States Army Special Security Group.
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Pennsylvania State University, a Master of Science in Industrial Administration from George Washington University, and a Master of Public Administration and a Doctor of Public Administration from the University of Southern California.
He has written extensively on fraud and related matters for professional journals. He has also published two books and his third book, dealing with how corporations sense and deal with risk, will be published by AMACOM in 2009. Dr. Koletar serves on the editorial review board of The CPA Journal, is affiliated with the Board of The Institute for Fraud Prevention, and has been a guest lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, the Pennsylvania State University, Villanova University, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and the Louisiana State University. He also frequently makes presentations to groups such as the American Management Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the American Society for Industrial Security.
He is a Certified Fraud Examiner and the former Chairman of the Board of Regents of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the highest elected position in that 45,000-member Association.