Joseph T. Wells is the founder and Chairman of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners in Austin, TX. Mr. Wells graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelors Degree in Business Administration, and spent two years on the audit staff of Coopers and Lybrand. In 1972, he was appointed a Special Agent of the FBI, specializing in the investigation of white-collar crime and assisted in nearly 200 criminal convictions. In 1981, Mr. Wells left the FBI to form Wells & Associates, a consulting group of criminologists dealing with fraud detection and deterrence. In 1988, he assumed his current post. In addition to his administrative duties, Mr. Wells writes and lectures to professional groups on white-collar crime issues. For the last four years, Mr. Wells has been named to Accounting Today magazine's list of The Top 100 Most Influential People in Accounting.