Fraud Investigator Expert
We're hiring fraud investigators as contractors to author and grade the investigation scenarios those evaluations run on.
Hiring companyAfterQuery Experts
About the role
No screen recording, no keystroke monitoring, no idle timers.
Independent contractor. Ongoing project work rather than single task batches.
Why Apply
- Work stays in your specialty, judged on investigative judgment rather than output volume.
- Set your own hours and scale up or down week to week.
- Weekly pay via Stripe at a rate set from your experience.
- Your judgment shapes how the next generation of AI handles fraud detection.
Responsibilities
- Author realistic fraud scenarios from first alert through case disposition, the kind a working investigator actually handles.
- Write reference answers with the investigative reasoning behind each decision, from transaction patterns to interview strategy.
- Grade model output for investigative soundness, evidentiary rigor, and completeness.
- Flag conclusions that read plausible but the evidence does not support, the leaps a trained investigator would never make.
- Author realistic fraud scenarios from first alert through case disposition.
- Write reference answers with the investigative reasoning behind each decision.
- Grade model output for investigative soundness and evidentiary rigor.
- Flag conclusions that read plausible but the evidence does not support.
Required skills
- Depth in a fraud domain such as payments, insurance, AML, or corporate investigations.
- Working command of investigative methods from transaction analysis to interviews.
Preferred skills
- CFE certification or equivalent credential.
- Law enforcement or regulatory investigation background.
- Case referral, expert testimony, or SAR filing experience.
Experience and education
- Fraud investigators with at least two years of professional casework in payments, insurance, AML, or corporate investigations.
- Practitioners who work real investigative methods, from transaction analysis and open source research to interviews and case files.
- CFEs, former law enforcement, and regulatory investigators are all strong fits.
- People with strong written English who can turn investigative instinct into clear, teachable reasoning.
- 2+ years of professional fraud investigation experience.
Language requirements
- Clear written English for documenting investigative reasoning.
Assessment requirements
Apply at /apply/fraud-investigator-expert. About five minutes. Resume plus a few structured questions.
Resume review. Every application gets read against a published rubric and gets a decision.
Written assessment. You may be asked to take a written assessment for further placement.
Onboarding. Sign the contractor agreement, connect Stripe, and get platform access.
Project match. You're matched to live work in your specialty, usually within a week of onboarding.
Schedule details
Fully remote, fully async. No fixed hours.
Minimum 10 hours per week, no maximum. Scale up or down week to week.
Able to commit at least 10 hours per week.
Time Commitment: 10 hours/week.
Start Date: ASAP.
End Date: Ongoing.
Eligibility
Work arrangement: Fully remote
Compensation details
- $70 - $85/hr.
- $70 to $85/hr, paid weekly via Stripe. Your rate is set from your experience, not negotiated down after you start.
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