Nicholas Cucci Earns CFE Credential

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 8, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), the world's largest anti-fraud organization and leading provider of anti-fraud training and education, is pleased to award Nicholas P. Cucci, of Network Merchants Inc. (NMI), in Schaumburg, Illinois, the globally-preferred Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) credential. In order to become a CFE, Cucci has met a stringent set of criteria and passed a rigorous exam administered by the ACFE.

Cucci has successfully met the ACFE's character, experience, and education requirements for the CFE credential, and has demonstrated knowledge in four areas critical to the fight against fraud: Fraudulent Financial Transactions, Criminology & Ethics, Legal Elements of Fraud and Fraud Investigation.

Cucci joins the ranks of business and government professionals worldwide who have also earned the CFE certification. Cucci is currently the Director of Marketing for NMI in Schaumburg, Illinois.

CFEs have the ability to: Examine data and records to detect and trace fraudulent transactions; interview suspects to obtain information and confessions; write investigation reports, advise clients as to their findings and testify at trial; be well-versed in the law as it relates to fraud and fraud investigations; and understand the underlying factors that motivate individuals to commit fraud. Certified Fraud Examiners (CFE's) on six continents have investigated more than 1 million suspected cases of civil and criminal fraud.

About NMI

Network Merchants, Inc. builds e-commerce payment gateways for companies that process retail and online transactions in real-time anywhere in the world.

With an exceptional team of software engineers, NMI created, maintains and delivers a substantial suite of payment solutions through a unique channel of distribution. This channel is comprised of financial institutions, ISOs/MSPs, payment processors, VARs, e-commerce developers and hardware manufacturers interested in retaining their existing merchant-customers and acquiring new business. With an easy to integrate transparent and private-label program, Affiliate Partners maintain their own look and feel while providing merchants with efficient and secure payment processing solutions. For more information, please visit www.nmi.com.

SOURCE Network Merchants, Inc.