Interview with Cpa And Fbi Special Agent Lynette Williams

I decided to obtain my CPA after working in the accounting field for about three years. As soon as I passed the exam I applied to the FBI. It’s very competitive because you’re competing with applicants nation-wide for just a few positions. They look for advanced degrees, professional certifications which a CPA qualifies as. The training for becoming an FBI agent was quite extensive. It consisted of 16 weeks of vigorous firearms, physical fitness, and classroom training. For most people, when you think of the FBI you think of kidnappings, bank robberies, organized crime but there’s another aspect of the FBI: White Collar Crime. I specialize mostly in the bank fraud and bankruptcy fraud area. The motive for a majority of crimes is money and we need agents and individuals with that financial background to trace funds. We have to prepare extensive prosecuting reports once we gather all the evidence and present it in a logical manner to the United States attorney’s office so that they will be able to prosecute the case. We also have to testify in court so you have to be comfortable speaking in public. In a typical day you may have to help out a fellow agent on a search, you might have to go out and do an arrest. I just feel good about being affiliated with an organization that has such a rich history. To know that I had a part in eliminating some type of crime, I get a lot of career satisfaction from being an FBI agent.