In 2023, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) presented the annual Chapter of the Year Award (Small Market) to the Southwest Ohio Chapter.  The ACFE presents the Chapter of the Year Award to the chapter that has excelled in growing and serving its membership during the year.  At the time of the award, the Southwest Ohio ACFE Chapter, founded in 1993, was one of 196 ACFE chapters worldwide recognized by the ACFE.

Leading up to the award, the Southwest Ohio ACFE Chapter advanced its mission of serving the community by promoting improved fraud detection and deterrence, providing training events to expand the knowledge of members, and fostering opportunities for members to interact and network. The Southwest Ohio ACFE Chapter was named chapter of the year based on numerous achievements, including the chapter’s service to its membership and the community by providing consistent, high-quality, low-cost, accessible continuing professional education events and the chapter’s service to the community as reflected in its efforts to promote the CFE credential to the next generation of fraud fighters by promoting and offering meetings free of charge for students of criminal justice, law, or business and through its financial support of the ACFE Foundation.