Criminal Investigator Special Agent

John J. Carbonaro, CAMS

Professional Summary

DEA Special Agent with over 31 years of combined experience in international and domestic criminal investigations, including computer crime, drug trafficking, AML/BSA/USA Patriot ACT and OFAC Compliance.

Led the Illicit Cash Task Force within the DEA specialized financial investigations unit.

Hold a Department of Justice Top Secret security clearance.

Experience

BSA-AML INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT 01-2015 -10-2019

PRMUSA South Florida

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Responsible for gathering financial data regarding Tactical Diversion Investigations assigned.

Conduct transactional analysis of accounts, brief DEA management, AUSAs, and State prosecutors regarding probable cause for seizure of monetary instruments and real assets.

Conduct liaison with other DEA offices that either have opened or closed investigations in multiple regions, countries, and/or in the same country to assist in determining the most efficient process to take assets from DTOs/MLOs.

Conduct document analysis and testimony on DEA matters

Provide mentoring for Special Agents/TFOs and Diversion Investigators.

Provide in depth data analysis via Pivot tables and graphs for Grand Jury and Trial purposes.

BSA-AML INDEPENDENT CONSULTANT 8-2014 -10-2014

Citibank NA- Global Investigations Unit Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Responsible for gathering data, transactional analysis of accounts, and conducting Global Enterprise-Wide Customer Relationship reviews involving high risk customers that either have accounts in multiple regions, countries, and/or in the same country but across multiple business sectors.

Prepare Suspicious Activity Report.

SUPERVISOR/SPECIAL AGENT CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR 2011-2014

United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Honolulu, Hawaii

Supervisor of the DEA enforcement group, which was comprised of 12 special agents and several task force officers.

Liaison to over ten law enforcement agencies, American Soma, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and other DEA offices worldwide.

Led investigation priorities set forth by DEA senior management. Conducted money laundering investigations, drug trafficking investigations and guided over 50 investigations that were under my chain of command.

SPECIAL AGENT/CRIMINAL INVESTIGATOR 2010-2011

United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) West Palm Beach, Florida

Assigned as the sole liaison to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office task force targeting doctors and patience involved in trafficking prescription drugs from pain clinics in Palm Beach County.

Liaison between the DEA management and the Sheriff’s office regarding classified investigations.

Provided investigation support in tracking money laundering funds and traffickers during undercover operations.

SPECIAL AGENT/BACKUP SUPERVISOR-MOBILE ENFORCEMENT TEAM 2009- 2010

United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Miami, Florida

Coordinate investigative requests from local law enforcement agencies to assist with crime violations in their jurisdictions.

Work with other narcotic units to target drug traffickers in high risk communities.

Assisted in the surveillance, buys, writing search warrants and arrests of suspects targeted at several deployments.

SPECIAL AGENT/criminal investigator/money laundering- drug cartels squad 2005- 2009

United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Miami, Florida

Assigned to a unit that targeted large-scale money laundering organizations (MLO).

Conducted in depth Black Market Peso Exchange undercover operations, targeting the flow of money from South Florida to South American countries.

Conducted undercover money pickups, micro smurfing, and other types of money laundering schemes requested by the MLO.

Wrote search warrants, MLAT requests and attended meetings with OFAC, INTERPOL, the US Attorney’s Office and other governmental office to coordinate investigative leads, and designated persons as well as follow-up investigations.

SPECIAL AGENT/criminal investigator/technical operations 2003- 2005

United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Miami, Florida

Assigned as a special agent to run the undercover boat program for the Miami Field Division. As a Captain of several vessels either owned by the DEA or the drug trafficker, I was conducted several undercover pickups of drugs in foreign countries.

Conducted installations of numerous technical equipment for investigation purposes such as roving cellular intercepts, vehicle/vessel/airplane tracker installations, and camera installations.

Provided expertise on the gathering of evidence needed for a case prosecution.

SPECIAL AGENT/ GROUP/FBI-IRS MONEY LAUNDERING TASK FORCE 1997-2003

United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)…Washington, District of Columbia

Part of a team that conducted Money Service Businesses (MSB) investigations. Reviewed over hundred suspicious activity reports (SAR) escalated by MSB businesses.

Conducted in depth SAR analysis and compared SARs suspects against the task force databases.

Compiled financial investigative documents for follow up to other offices tied to the SAR information.

Closely worked with the US Attorney office’s located throughout the United States, to provide investigation reports and testimony on the information obtained through the SAR escalation and BSA/AML investigations.

Education

BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Florida Atlantic University 1988 Boca Raton, Florida

member of:

National Technical Investigators Association

Financial Institution Security Association

Metropolitan Area Financial Investigators Association

Security Association of Financial Institutions

Certifications

Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, CAMS

Security Clearance

Hold a Department of Justice Top Secret security clearance.

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