About Our Organization

Greetings! Welcome to the Orange County Financial Crimes Investigator's Association web site. We are a non-profit organization located in Orange County, California. We were formed approximately thirty years ago with the intent of bringing together public sector and private sector investigators engaged in the task of investigating financial crimes such as check fraud, forgery, credit card fraud and other similar financial crimes.

We have come a long way since those early meetings of the 1970s, with just a small group of investigators meeting at a local coffee shop to discuss crime trends and suspects. We now have approximately 120 members from a wide variety of law enforcement agencies, private financial institutions and the retail sector. We have members not only from Orange County, but also surrounding counties, in the Southern California area. We meet on a monthly basis as outlined below, with the primary objective of sharing case information and having speakers that will enhance our ability to effectively investigate financial crimes. Our 2005 Investigator of the Year was Jim Geist of the Santa Ana Police Department. Jim was able to resolve a major fraud case due to some case information and suspect information that was shared at one of our monthly meetings.

We welcome new members who are primarily engaged in the task of investigating financial crimes for their organization in the greater Orange County and Los Angeles County areas. We meet at a luncheon the last Tuesday of every month (Except May & December) in the Orange County area. Please contact our web site if you would like to attend one of our meetings or to see if you can become a member of our organization.

This web site is designed to educate, inform and assist our membership and interested parties, by informing of all of our activities, special events, meetings, speakers and fund raisers.

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