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Resume:
Michael A. Stewart
*** ******* *** **** ****, FL 32746
407-***-**** Direct
Execu t ive P ro f i le
Highly skilled investigative professional trained and certified in a vast array of research genres ranging
f rom white collar financial fraud, executive protection to domestic relations and family law research.
E xtensive experience working with Fortune 500 and 100 level companies coordinating fraud claim
research and high compensation financial recoupment. Highly motivated and well equipped to work
completely autonomous or under direct supervision from client entities. Extensive experience with daily
operations required for investigative agencies including the management of administrative employees,
delegation, review and critique of investigative work product from contractor or employed agents,
maintaining lasting client relationships and project management of complicated investigative research
p rojects facilitating positive outcomes.
Selected Achievements
1. Conducted investigative research resulting in excess of $23,200,000.00 in recouped funds
f raudulently appropriated from large tit le underwriters; Fidelity National Tit le Group, Old
Republic Title, Attorneys Tit le Insurance Fund.
2. Conducted investigative research resulting in the location and recoupment in excess of
$12,000,000.00 worth of assets outstanding to major manufacturers; H itachi Capital America,
Komatsu Corp., Gehl Equipment, Paccar and other.
3. Conducted investigative research resulting in the locating and arrest of numerous ocean going
vessels worldwide being sought after by large financiers and Maritime authorit ies for
outstanding debt and marit ime infractions.
4. Conducted investigative research to locate numerous high profile targets, worldwide for the
p urpose of Federal and State process service and detainment including those being sought after
by various federal agencies; U.S. Marshalls Service, FBI.
5. Develop and institute instructional platforms for teaching; Target Locate and Recoupment
p rocedures for nationally recognized investigative entity; Falcon International.
6. Develop and institute instructional platforms for teaching; the ability to recognize pre-claim red
f lags issues with regard to title insurance fraud for large tit le underwriters.
Areas of Expertise
-Title and Mortgage Fraud -Corporate Collection and Attachment -Corporate
Espionage Detection
-Interview and Interrogation -Advanced Target Locate and Skip Trace -Threat
Assessment
-Comprehensive Surveillance -Executive Protection and Security -Hard Case Process
Service
-Affidavit and Witness Testimony -Employee Pilferage Sting and Trap -All
Forms of Insurance Fraud
-Law Enforcement and Litigator Liaison -Sarbanes-Oxley: Sec. 404, 802, 806, 1107
-Corporate Collection and Attachment
-FDCPA, UCC, GLBA, DPPA -Investigative Project Management
-Client Relationship Fostering
P rofessional Summa ry
08 /2006 – P resent AxiomTrace, L LC Orlando, F L
Owner-Operator/Lead F raud I nvestigator and T rainer/Executive P rotection Agent/Client
R elations M anager
• I n i tiate and administer management plans
for lengthy investigative projects coordinating contractor
i nvolvement
• Foster and maintain m utually p rofitable client relationships
w hile i mplementing marketing strategies and developing and
p resenting i nvestigative t raining seminars
• Comprehensive research and t ransaction
r eview for fraud claims of financial fraud, embezzlement, employee
p ilferage,
I n tellectual property theft, brand dilution, corporate espionage, etc.
• Liaison w i th State and Federal law
e nforcement agencies and judicia ry staff to assist in the prosecution
of cases
• Regular reference, adherence and
i nterp retation of Statute, UCC, F DCPA, GLBA, DPPA, Sarbanes-Oxley
a nd case law to determine positioning and exposure during claims
r esearch
• Liaison and coordinate w ith Forensic
Accounting experts du ring course of white collar financial fraud
i nvestigations
• Conduct comprehensive background
r esearch, interviews and inte r rogations for fact analysis, depositions
a nd all levels of employee hi ring decisions
• Conduct comprehensive threat assessment
r esearch for pre and post employment issues
• Liaison w ith l itigators, law enforcement and i nvestigative security
contractors during a ll phases of civil and criminal t rials as well as
clients and potential clients
• Advanced Surveillance and documentation i n a ll i nvestigative f ields
• Compile and report gathered i ntelligence for purpose of civil
l itigation, criminal p rosecution and r isk assessment w hile
maintaining chain of custody of evidence
• Conduct comprehensive locate assignments on w itnesses, v ictims,
perpetrators and a n y i ndividuals i nvolved i n civil/criminal f raud
claims or other i nvestigative research
• Affidavit p reparation and E xpert W itness testimony u tilizing concise research
• Control, w i tness a nd nota rize document
execution
• Conduct asset research for a ttachment, collateral recovery and a ll duties pertaining
• Conduct court appointed hard case p rocess service
• Conduct Executive P rotection Assignments, Bail E nforcement and Detainee T ransport
• Personally handled an annual average of 1100 f iles
10 /2006 – 02 /2010 I nformation Data Services, I nc. Orlando, F L – (concurrently)
Lead Financial F raud Investigator/Executive P rotection Agent/Locate S pecialist/Asset
R ecovery S pecialist
• I n i tiate and administer management plans
for lengthy investigative projects coordinating contractor
i nvolvement
• Comprehensive research and t ransaction
r eview for fraud claims of financial fraud, embezzlement, employee
p ilferage,
I n tellectual property theft, brand dilution, corporate espionage, etc.
• Liaison w i th State and Federal law
e nforcement agencies and judicia ry staff to assist in the prosecution
of cases
• Liaison and coordinate with Forensic Accounting experts during
course of white collar financial fraud investigations
• Conduct comprehensive background
r esearch, interviews and inte r rogations for fact analysis and
depositions
• Liaison w ith l itigators, law enforcement and i nvestigative security
contractors during a ll phases of civil and criminal t rials as well as
clients and potential clients
• Advanced Surveillance and documentation i n a ll i nvestigative f ields
• Compile and report gathered i ntelligence for purpose of civil
l itigation, criminal p rosecution and r isk assessment w hile
maintaining chain of custody of evidence
• Conduct comprehensive locate assignments on w itnesses, v ictims,
perpetrators and a n y i ndividuals i nvolved i n civil/criminal f raud
claims or other i nvestigative research
• Plan and execute sting and t rap operations i n a reas of contractor
f raud, employee p ilferage and i llegal sales p ractices
• Affidavit p reparation and E xpert W itness testimony u tilizing concise research
07 /1995 – 08 /2005 Falcon I nternational Orlando, F L – (concurrently)
Remote O ffice O perations M anager/Fraud I nvestigator/Asset R ecovery Specialist
• I n i tiate and administer management plans
for lengthy investigative projects for in-house investigators
• Conduct comprehensive background
r esearch, interviews and inte r rogations for fact analysis and
depositions
• Advanced Surveillance and documentation i n a ll i nvestigative f ields
• Conduct comprehensive locate assignments on w itnesses, v ictims,
perpetrators and a n y i ndividuals i nvolved i n civil/criminal f raud
claims or other i nvestigative research
• Plan and execute sting and t rap operations i n a reas of contractor
f raud, employee p ilferage and i llegal sales p ractices
• Conduct Executive P rotection Assignments, Bail E nforcement and Detainee T ransport.
• Managed up to 6 i nvestigative agents
10 /1990 – 10 /2005 Stewart I nvestigations & Recovery, I nc. Orlando, F L
Owner-Operator/Lead F raud I nvestigator/Executive P rotection M anager/Bail E nforcement
Agent/Asset R ecovery Specialist/Marketing
• I n i tiate and administer management plans
for lengthy investigative projects coordinating contractor
i nvolvement
• Foster and maintain m utually p rofitable client relationships w hile i mplementing
marketing strategies
• Conduct comprehensive background
r esearch, interviews and inte r rogations for fact analysis, depositions
a nd all levels of employee hi ring decisions
• Advanced Surveillance and documentation i n a ll i nvestigative f ields
• Compile and report gathered i ntelligence for purpose of civil l itigation, criminal
p rosecution and r isk assessment w hile maintaining chain of custody of evidence
• Conduct comprehensive locate assignments on w itnesses, v ictims,
perpetrators and a n y i ndividuals i nvolved i n civil/criminal f raud
claims or other i nvestigative research
• Conduct asset research for a ttachment, collateral recovery and a ll duties pertaining
• Conduct court appointed hard case p rocess service
• Conduct Executive P rotection Assignments, Bail E nforcement and Detainee T ransport
• Plan and execute sting and t rap operations i n a reas of contractor
f raud, employee p ilferage and i llegal sales p ractices
• Managed up to 17 i nvestigative agents and administration staff members
• Personally handled an annual average of 1400 f iles
Education and Specialized Training
Seminole State College: C ivil Law, C riminal Psychology, C riminal Law / Valencia State College: C riminal
J ustice / University of Central F lorida: M anagement Education, Computer Application / L icensed Real
Estate Agent / Accredited Claims Adjuster / N AFI Certified F raud I nvestigator Seminar G raduate / N AFI
I nterview and I nterrogation Technique Seminar G raduate / N AFI T hreat R isk Assessment and
Containment Seminar G raduate / N AFI Domestic Relations I nvestigative Certification / Certified Asset
Recovery Specialist Course G raduate / ATIF Advanced Real Estate and Mortgage F raud Course
G raduate / ATIF T itle F raud I nvestigative T raining I nstructor / M iami-Dade Metropolitan Police
I nstitute F raud Research Certification / PMMI Child Sexual Abuse I nvestigation and P rotection
Certification / Versed i n Sarbanes-Oxley; T itle I I, V I I I, I X, X I, Sections 404, 802, 1107 / Currently engaged
i n course work for Certified F raud Examiner designation – CFE
Professional Affiliations
Association of Certified F raud E xaminers, National Association of F raud I nvestigators, World
Association of Detectives, Time F inance Adjusters, F lorida Association of Licensed I nvestigators,
National Association of Legal I nvestigators, Council of I nternational I nvestigators, I nternational
I ntelligence Network, A merican College of Forensic I nvestigators
Official Licensure
P rivate I nvestigator-C, Recovery Agent-E, P rivate I nvestigative Agency-A, Statewide F irearms
Permit-G, Real Estate Associate, Notary Public, F ully Bondable, SSBI Federal Security C learance
E ligible
Working Skills
Working k nowledge of M icrosoft Word, Excel, Access, Xara X, Corel, Outlook Daily use of p roprietary
i nternet databases and search engines for i nvestigative research. Routinely manage belligerent situations
and persons u nder suspicion. Excellent i nterview and i nterrogation technique Approach i nvestigative
research w ith non-linear t hinking. Excellent r isk management assessment and m itigation capabilities.
P repare and p resent i nvestigative t raining material for i nternal audit and research staff of n umerous
t i tle u nderwriters, i nvestigative associations and corporate entities.
Of Note
I n my many years of l icensed service u nder F lorida Statute 493 I have generated no complaints w ith
t he F lorida D ivision of L icensing, Better B usiness B ureau or Department of P rofessional B usiness
Regulation. I have been working f ull t ime i n t he i nvestigative, collection, litigation support, security
i ndustry as well as t he management and marketing of t hose services since 1990.
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