- CORCI
- DoD COOL
- Missouri DHE
- POST Approved for CLEE
- NICCS aligned
- ACCET - Accredited
Certified Organized Retail Crime Investigator (CORCI)
Connect Retail Theft Events, Identify Organized Networks, and Build Defensible ORC Investigations.
The Certified Organized Retail Crime Investigator program prepares loss-prevention, law-enforcement, intelligence, and investigative professionals to connect repeat incidents, analyze booster and fencing activity, investigate online resale, develop intelligence, and document organized retail crime cases.
- 40
- Hours
- 35
- CPE credits
- Lifetime
- Access
- 1 Year
- Exam License
- FBI
- DHS
- FedEx
- Citi
- Mossberg
- DEA
- DoD
- 3-Day Money-Back Guarantee
- Full Lifetime Access
- 1 Year Exam License
- Official Study Manual
- Official Online Training
- Official Prep Review Quizzes
or pay over time with Affirm · Sezzle
Military / Gov COOL and TA eligible
Organized retail crime is often missed when each theft, suspect, store, platform, and transaction is treated as an isolated event.
ORC investigations may involve repeat offenders, booster crews, fencing operations, online marketplaces, fraudulent returns, multiple jurisdictions, digital accounts, vehicles, associates, and patterns that develop over time. Investigators must connect incidents, validate identities, preserve digital and physical evidence, coordinate stakeholders, and distinguish organized activity from isolated retail theft. CORCI is designed for professionals who need a structured framework for identifying ORC patterns, developing intelligence, investigating booster and fencing networks, documenting evidence, and building cases that can be reviewed and coordinated across organizations.
Organized patterns remain hidden when incidents are documented store by store, jurisdiction by jurisdiction, or platform by platform.
Investigative leads lose value when identities, associates, vehicles, transactions, online accounts, and resale activity are not connected.
Cases become harder to coordinate when retailers, law enforcement, analysts, prosecutors, and other partners do not share a consistent investigative picture.
CORCI provides a structured approach to ORC intelligence, open-source research, cyber investigation, auction fraud, social-media analysis, booster and fencing operations, surveillance, evidence development, legal considerations, and professional case reporting.
What sets this program apart
Network-Focused Investigation
Moves beyond individual theft events to examine repeat activity, booster crews, fencing operations, organized structures, associates, and cross-jurisdictional patterns.
Physical and Digital Evidence
Connects store incidents and surveillance with social media, online marketplaces, auction fraud, open-source intelligence, cyber-investigative methods, and digital accounts.
Retail and Law-Enforcement Coordination
Develops the ability to organize intelligence and evidence for collaboration among loss prevention, corporate security, law enforcement, analysts, and prosecutorial partners.
Professional Certification Assessment
Certification requires completion of the applicable training, eligibility requirements, assessments, and proctored final examination. Access to the program alone does not result in certification.
Choose your enrollment path
Self-pay, military/government funding, or employer sponsorship — we'll take you to the right option.
A board-issued credential, recognized where it counts
- DoD COOL
- Missouri DHE
- POST Approved for CLEE
- NICCS aligned
- ACCET - Accredited
Board certification programs: Students must submit all course quizzes, score 70% or better on all sections of the course and obtain a 70% or better on the final online examination, and submit proof eligibility up completion of your exam application. All fees must be paid in full. Upon successful completion of your program, the McAfee Institute will issue your board certification. Students who successfully complete the program before meeting the eligibility will be put into a holding pattern until the eligibility is met at which time the credentials will be issued.
Completion of training does not guarantee employment, promotion, security clearance eligibility, or acceptance by any agency or third party.
Accreditation & Recognition
Accredited. Verified. Proven.
It's what agencies, employers, and funding programs look for before anything else — the difference between a certification that's respected and one that's just claimed.
Institutional Accreditation
Accredited by ACCET
Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training
McAfee Institute is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training (ACCET), a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accrediting agency.
ACCET ID #1671 · Effective 2026-09-02 · Term 3 years · Accredited
Institutional Authorization
Certificate to Operate
State of Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education
Current regulatory authorization to operate as an institution in Missouri, issued July 15, 2026 and valid through June 30, 2027.
DHE #78249-00 · Institution-wide · Verified 2026-07-28
Military Credentialing & Funding
Approved for DoD Credentialing Assistance (CA) & COOL
U.S. Department of Defense — six service catalogs
McAfee Institute certifications are approved for Credentialing Assistance (CA) funding and listed in each branch's Credentialing Opportunities On-Line (COOL) catalog. Each branch sets its own eligibility, funding coverage, and promotion-point credit.
Army 16 · Navy 16 · USCG 16 · USAF 15 · DoD 9 · USMC 6
Directory Listing — Federal
NICCS Education & Training Catalog
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
McAfee Institute is listed as a training provider in the federal cybersecurity education and training catalog operated by CISA.
15 programs · Institution-wide · Verified 2026-07-28
Federal Contract Vehicle
GSA Multiple Award Schedule
U.S. General Services Administration
A negotiated contract vehicle under which federal agencies may procure services directly, covering December 21, 2022 through December 20, 2027.
47QSWA23D0025 · Institution-wide · Verified 2026-07-29
Continuing Education Recognition
35 CLEE hours approved · Control #14970
Missouri Dept. of Public Safety POST Program
22 legal studies · 13 technical studies
Listings, catalog inclusions, and funding eligibility are not accreditation and are not an endorsement by any agency. Acceptance of any credential varies by employer, agency, and jurisdiction, and no outcome is guaranteed.
Select certification programs may be eligible for use with military and government credentialing or tuition assistance benefits, subject to agency and individual eligibility requirements. Participation does not imply endorsement by any agency.
Officers should confirm acceptance with their licensing agency.
Joshua A. McAfee · Founder & CEO, McAfee Institute
15 years building credentials for the professionals who actually do the work. CORCI was developed alongside practitioners from federal, state, and corporate investigation teams.
Built for professionals responsible for investigating organized retail crime and coordinated theft activity
CORCI is designed for professionals whose work involves organized retail crime, loss prevention, retail fraud, online resale, booster and fencing operations, cyber-enabled theft, intelligence development, or multi-jurisdictional case coordination.
This course is perfect for
Loss Prevention Specialists and Managers who need advanced tools and methodologies to prevent and investigate organized retail crime.
Corporate Security Professionals aiming to safeguard assets by understanding and countering ORC fraud schemes within a corporate environment.
Private Investigators and Cybercrime Analysts who require training in ORC-specific investigation techniques, including social media and cyber investigations.
Retail Operations Managers interested in learning about ORC impacts and how to mitigate risk within retail environments.
Law Enforcement Officers working closely with retail crime units or handling cases involving organized retail crime, fencing operations, and booster schemes.
This course may not be for you if
You are seeking general retail-theft awareness rather than professional ORC investigative preparation.
Your role does not involve loss prevention, investigations, fraud, intelligence, cyber activity, asset protection, retail operations, or case support.
You want training focused only on apprehension or store-level incidents without broader network, online-resale, and intelligence analysis.
You are looking for a brief introductory seminar rather than a structured certification with formal assessment requirements.
You are unwilling to document patterns, corroborate identities, preserve evidence, coordinate across organizations, and distinguish isolated theft from organized activity.
Is this program right for you?
Program-fit questions candidates ask before they enroll.
No specialized ORC background is required beyond the published eligibility standards. The program begins with organized-retail-crime foundations and progresses into intelligence, online investigations, booster and fencing activity, surveillance, evidence, and case development.
Eligibility & requirements
McAfee Institute trains military, law enforcement, and investigative professionals. Eligibility reflects that. Verification is the reason the credential carries weight in the field.
Education & experience
Any one of the qualifying paths below. Experience must be in investigations, law enforcement, criminal justice, military, or similar fields with direct criminal investigation or intelligence responsibilities.
Path A Bachelor's or higher + 1 year experience
Path B Associate's degree + 3 years experience
Path C HS diploma or equivalent + 5 years experience
Relevant fields include investigations, law enforcement, criminal justice, military, and/or another similar field with direct criminal investigation and/or intelligence responsibilities.
Conduct requirements
Applicants are not eligible with any felony conviction or pending felony charge, or any conviction or pending charge involving violence, dishonesty or breach of trust, or crimes against persons, or other disqualifying offenses. Criminal history must be disclosed at enrollment and may be verified.
International enrollment
McAfee Institute is a U.S.-based institution serving a primarily U.S. professional audience. International enrollments may be subject to additional review, identity verification, professional affiliation verification, and compliance screening. Applicants located in certain countries or regions, or associated with restricted persons or entities under U.S. law, may be ineligible for enrollment.
- 3-Day Money-Back Guarantee
- Full Lifetime Access
- 1 Year Exam License
- Official Study Manual
- Official Online Training
- Official Prep Review Quizzes
or pay over time with Affirm · Sezzle
Military / Gov COOL and TA eligible
Read the full eligibility and conduct policyDisclosure & verification
Applicants must disclose criminal history as requested during enrollment. McAfee Institute may verify eligibility through documentation and/or a background check when required by a program component, partner environment, exam vendor, or when reasonably necessary to protect program integrity. Disclosures are required to the extent permitted by applicable law.
False information
Any material falsification or omission is grounds for denial of admission, removal from the program, and/or denial of certification.
No guarantee of outcome
Completion of training does not guarantee employment, promotion, security clearance eligibility, or acceptance by any agency or third party.
The CORCI curriculum progresses from organized-retail-crime structures, OSINT, the intelligence cycle, privacy, and cyber investigations into auction fraud, social-media research, deception analysis, booster operations, fencing operations, surveillance, legal fundamentals, and professional ORC case development. Across 21 modules and 40 hours of instruction, learners examine how isolated retail incidents can be connected into a broader organized-crime investigation.
About this Course
Specialized training in investigating organized retail crime networks, cargo theft, and retail fraud. Learn advanced investigation techniques, loss prevention strategies, and how to build cases against organized retail crime operations.
The Certified Organized Retail Crime Investigator (CORCI) program by McAfee Institute provides specialized training in organized retail crime (ORC) investigations, fraud schemes, and digital evidence collection. This credential equips loss prevention professionals, investigators, and security personnel with the essential skills to detect, investigate, and combat ORC activities that threaten business integrity and profitability.
Through interactive video tutorials, case studies, and mentorship from experienced professionals, the CORCI program enables you to understand organized crime structures, detect fraud schemes, and conduct thorough investigations. Graduates emerge as experts in ORC, capable of protecting organizations from significant financial and operational losses.
Everything you need to certify
One enrollment includes the full course library, the official manual, the proctored exam license, and your board credential on completion.
- Official study manual
- Prep review quizzes
- Online training program
- Exam license (1 year)
- 40+ hours of instruction
- Mobile & desktop access
- Board certification (digital + physical)
- 35 CPE / CEU credits
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Enrollment, examination, and policy FAQs
- Yes. McAfee Institute is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training (ACCET), a U.S. Department of Education-recognized accrediting agency, under ACCET ID #1671. Accreditation applies at the institutional level; it does not guarantee employment, promotion, or acceptance of any credential by a particular employer or agency.
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Develop the investigative range to connect isolated theft events into an organized-crime case.
Complete the CORCI certification process and document specialized education and assessment in ORC structures, booster and fencing operations, online resale, auction fraud, OSINT, cyber investigations, surveillance, evidence development, legal considerations, and professional case reporting.