Mission Statement

FSI: Fraud Scene Investigator offers teachers and home users a non-commercial, online active investor education curriculum that may satisfy state and local education standards and objectives while encouraging the use of online news content and further individual research.

About This Program

• States, provinces and local school systems are beginning to adopt personal finance as part of the core curriculum.



• Personal finance standards and objectives are being written and materials are being produced at an accelerated pace.



• New instructional material is being offered by numerous vendors, organizations and businesses covering a wide spectrum of personal finance subjects.



• Investor Education is a major element of personal finance.



• NASAA represents the top securities regulator in each state and province.



• The Newspaper Association of America Foundation's Newspaper in Education program is working to bring more online content to both students and educators to meet the needs of the youth demographic. (Presstime, October 2006)

Standards and Objectives found in this program

• Understand an investment account statement.



• Search the internet for corporate information.



• Examine a company’s stock chart and trading activity.



• Evaluate a company’s balance sheet, cash flow statement, and income statement.



• Identify investing terms.



• Research a brokerage company / individual broker.



• Utilize state / provincial securities regulator services.



• Describe consumer fraud tactics.



• Identify a common investment scam.



• Search online newspaper content.

FSI: Fraud Scene Investigator is a non-commercial investor education website produced for classroom and home use. This interactive learning experience was created by members of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), which represents state and provincial securities regulators in North America.

The story and characters used in this presentation do not represent any entity or person, alive or dead. This presentation is to be used for educational purposes only. Special thanks go to NASAA’s Investor Education Section, Youth Outreach Project Group and the West Virginia State Auditor’s Office for making this project possible.