Melissa Deighan holds a bachelor's degree in accounting from the University of North Florida and a Master of Science in fraud detection from West Virginia University. She is a certified public accountant candidate and will be sitting for the CPA and certified fraud examiner's exams. She has over 14 years of experience in the accounting field, having moved her way up from an accounting clerk position to senior staff accountant to her current role as forensic and valuation associate II. She has a passion for solving puzzles and finding inaccuracies in information.