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Patrice Schiano, Assistant Professor
Patrice Schiano is a Doctoral Lecturer in the Department of Public Management At John Jay College of Criminal Justice at the City University of New York. Patrice is licensed as a Certified Public Accountant and as an attorney by the State of New York. She has over 20 years of experience in forensic accounting, litigation and investigative consulting. Patrice has worked on high profile investigations for consulting firms, the US government and in the legal function of a multinational financial institution. While with the FBI, she worked on national security investigations focusing on money laundering, terrorist financing, international corruption, sanction violations as well as other financial crimes. She was an FBI instructor on the topic of financial crimes and a two time FinCEN Law Enforcement Award recipient.
Patrice is Certified in Financial Forensics by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants where she has held honorary positions including Chair of the Forensic and Litigation Services (FLS) Committee and most recently as a FLS Forensic Technology Task Force member.