15/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), world leader in IT fraud detection and deterrence systems, criticised the European Commission's decision to dismiss Marta Andreason (see Europe of 14 October, p.13) for her whistle-blowing on mass fraud in EU funding. ACFE President Toby J.F. Bishop said: 'She appears to have been wrongly punished without a proper investigation being performed.'