Carl Hoecker

Carl W. Hoecker is the Inspector General of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).^[1][2] He has over 30 years experience as a criminal investigator and is also a certified public accountant and certified fraud examiner.^[1][3]

Education

Hoecker received a B.A. in Business Administration from Governors State University, and an M.A. in Systems Management from the University of Southern California.^[4]

Early career

Hoecker was a U.S. military policeman in 1976, a special agent in the Army Criminal Investigations Command, a criminal investigator of the U.S. Information Agency (now part of the State Department), and Deputy Inspector General for Investigations from 2003-06 at the Treasury Office of the Inspector General.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Beginning in 2006, Hoecker was Capitol Police Inspector General.^[1][3] He is also the current chairman of the investigations committee of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE).^[6]

SEC

Hoecker is the third Inspector General of the SEC.^[3] Allison Lerner, the National Science Foundation inspector general, said "I believe his skills as an investigator and a CPA will combine to make him an outstanding inspector general at the Securities and Exchange Commission".^[6]

He replaced Jon Rymer, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's inspector general, who temporarily served as the SEC's interim inspector general.^[1][3]

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