OBJECTIVE To work as a forensic financial investigator by assisting agents with working complex financial investigations and seizing forfeitable assets

Overall Experience: I am analytical, operationally diverse, and technically competent in asset forfeiture and criminal Investigations, I have over 32 years of experience in forensic accounting. I am a multi-faceted field expert, particularly adept in the planning and conducting of complex investigations designed to facilitate a detailed analysis of financial records in both international and domestic forums.

EXPERIENCE Guidehouse, LLP/

Merit Staffing, LLC

Supervisor Barbara Kellenbenz

Office Number 404-***-****

FORENSIC FINANCIAL INVESTIGATOR January 11, 2016 - Present

USSS - Atlanta, GA

My duties and responsibilities include providing forensic financial investigative services to assist and advise personnel in the asset forfeiture aspects of investigations and providing forensic financial investigative services to assist and advise agents with the completion of their investigations to a successful prosecution.

Providing independent analysis of financial matters.

Analyzing/tracing the flow of funds through complex networks; voluminous business, financial and other records.

Reviewing electronic evidence to locate and identify complex financial fraud schemes.

Preparing spreadsheets, appendices, summaries, and complex link analysis of events and records for litigation.

Identifying and tracing assets and proceeds subject to seizure and forfeiture as well perform analytical research to identify and record potential substitute assets.

Assisting with the identification, interviewing, and debriefing of potential witnesses and victims.

Utilizing various databases, TLO, CLEAR, LexisNexis, FinCEN, and other open sources to develop potential leads to criminal cases and asset forfeiture potential.

Assisting with the preparation of affidavits for search and seizure warrants.

In providing my forensic financial investigative expertise, I assisted with seizing multiple vehicles, cash, and bank accounts. I have assisted agents with seizing over $31 million.

I am currently providing my expertise to an agent in the Atlanta, POD working a complex EIDL loan fraud investigation where I am currently assisting an agent by analyzing bank records in over 50 bank accounts. This case involves over $7.2 million in fraud.

I have assisted a number of agents with Pig Butchering cases whereby elder individuals have fell victim to cryptocurrency schemes. I have assisted agents with writing seizure warrants to seize cryptocurrency from Coin Base and Binance.

HILLARD HEINTZE

Supervisor Matthew Doherty

Office Number 202-***-****

FORENSIC FINANCIAL INVESTIGATOR October 14 – to September 2015

USSS - Atlanta, GA

My duties and responsibilities include providing forensic financial investigative services to assist and advise personnel in the asset forfeiture aspects of investigations and providing forensic financial investigative services to assist and advise agents with the completion of their investigations to a successful prosecution.

Providing independent analysis of financial matters.

Analyzing/tracing the flow of funds through complex networks; voluminous business, financial and other records.

Reviewing electronic evidence to locate and identify complex financial fraud schemes.

Preparing spreadsheets, appendices, summaries, and complex link analysis of events and records for litigation.

Identifying and tracing assets and proceeds subject to seizure and forfeiture as well perform analytical research to identify and record potential substitute assets.

Assisting with the identification, interviewing, and debriefing of potential witnesses.

Utilizing various databases, TLO, CLEAR, FinCEN, and other open sources to develop potential leads to criminal cases and asset forfeiture potential.

Assisting with the preparation of affidavits for search and seizure warrants.

In providing my forensic financial investigative services, I assisted with seizing multiple vehicles, cash, coins, and money was returned to a victim.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE –

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DIVISION (IRS-CID),

January 88 to October 2014

Supervisor James Dorsey

Office Number 404-***-****

SUPERVISORY SPECIAL AGENT

Macon, GA April 09 to Oct 14

Baileys Crossroads, VA April 01 to May 05

Responsibilities included supervision of special agents/criminal investigators and support personnel involved in the enforcement of federal criminal statutes.

As a supervisor, I work hand and hand with the agents by giving them direction with their investigations.

Programs include: tax, identity theft, money laundering, narcotics, (OCDETF), structuring, political corruption, terrorism, organized crime, investment fraud, and undercover operations.

Responsibilities included oversight and supervision of multi-agency task force

investigations and the execution of federal search, arrest warrants, and seizure warrants.

Supervised the seizure and forfeiture of jewelry, real estate, cash, and automobiles. During the execution of one search warrant, I found a suite case with a million dollars in cash. Some of the money was given back to victims in the form of restitution and some of it was forfeited.

Supervised multi-agency investigations. Worked with the USSS, FBI, ATF, DEA, state agencies and local.

Ensured legal and appropriate collection of evidence through electronic means: wire taps, voice recordings, and video.

Supervised the Anti-Money Laundering Suspicious Activity Reports Team (SAR-RT), which was responsible for reviewing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) received by the IRS.

Investigated and assisted with the prosecution of violations of federal criminal laws.

Collected supporting documentation; located and assisted with the indictments of subjects and participated in court hearings through conviction.

ASSISTANT SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE

Plantation, Florida May 05 to April 09

Established and maintained myself as a leader within the Miami Field Office (MFO) to ensure that we successfully execute the IRS Strategic Plan and related CI Annual Business Plan.

As ASAC of Branch II, I had oversight over six groups. I provide daily direction and guidance to six managers. Two of the managers were over HIDTA groups. Approximately 98% of their work was OCDETF narcotics investigations. Their mission was to disrupt and dismantle organized drug organizations; nationally and internationally.

Maximized the MFO’s narcotics resources by ensuring that our HIDTA groups focus on identifying and investigating organizations to dismantle and disrupt major narcotics trafficking/money laundering organizations and forfeiting their illegal proceeds.

Many of these investigations involved Marijuana Grow Houses.

Attended HIDTA Executive Board meetings in Miami and Puerto Rico

Coordinated investigations and interdiction operations between federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.

Extensive experience in working with federal, state, and local agencies and multi-agency task forces.

Reviewed numerous arrest warrants, search warrants, and seizure warrants. Seized and forfeited real estate, luxury automobiles, cash, bank accounts, and jewelry. Obtained millions of dollars from deferred prosecutions.

The other four groups worked a mixture of tax and money laundering investigations. They also produced a large number of seizures.

Had oversight of a Financial Investigative Task Force which had a responsibility of reviewing SARs.

Conducted one operational review every month, which meant each group, was reviewed every six months. In doing this, I ensured investigations were conducted in an effective and timely manner. I gave meaningful feedback to the managers.

Directed, reviewed and recommended approval of various assignments ranging from grand jury request to the use of special investigative techniques such as informants, search warrants, seizure warrants, and undercover operations.

ACTING SPECIAL AGENT IN CHARGE

Charlotte, NC June 08 to August 08

Miami, FL October 08 to February 09

Maintain myself as a leader within the Miami Field Office (MFO) and Charlotte Field Office to ensure that we successfully execute the IRS Strategic Plan and related CI Annual Business Plan.

As Acting SAC Charlotte, I had management authority over seven groups and the SAC’s staff. That consisted of approximately 86 personnel. As Acting SAC of MFO, I had management authority eleven groups and the SAC’s staff. That consisted of approximately 115 personnel.

In both locations, based on my leadership skills timely decisions were made regarding case selections, and the workflow within the offices.

I had to make personnel decisions as it relates to resources.

I lead organizational change, by effectively communicating CI’s mission, core values and strategic goals to employees and other stakeholders.

SENIOR ANALYST

Washington, DC October 95 to March 98

Primary responsibility was to re-write the Internal Revenue Manual as it relates to Criminal Investigation.

SPECIAL AGENT

Washington, DC March 98 to April 01 Atlanta, GA February 90 to October 95

Charleston, WV January 88 to February 90

Out of approximately, 3,500 IRS agents nation-wide, I was nominated for “Agent of the Year”.

Conducted investigations involving Title 26, Title 18, and Title 31, from failure to file, tax evasion, employment tax, false claims, false returns, conspiracy, money laundering, mortgage fraud, narcotics, structuring, and racketeering laws.

These investigations frequently required me to conduct detail analysis of financial records and other documents. The financial records included but not limited to books, ledgers, payrolls, cost reports, billing statements, invoices, computer data, bank statements, investment statements, telephone records, and other records.

Performed detailed analysis of financial records and written documentation to track the flow of money derived from illegal activity and processed through shell corporations and holding companies or other entities (inside and outside the Continental United States).

Affiant on arrest warrants, search warrants, and seizure warrants.

Worked with the AFC to seize and forfeited real estate, automobiles, cash, bank accounts, and jewelry.

Planned and conducted investigations, varying in levels of complexity and scope, of criminal tax violations (Internal Revenue Code), financial crimes, and other related offenses or violations (Tax Laws-Title 26, Bank Secrecy Act-Title 31, Money Laundering Control Act-Title 18).

Conducted numerous investigations which I have used investigative techniques such as undercover operations, search warrants, arrest warrants, consensual monitoring, seizure warrants, trash runs, and surveillances.

Used various methods to locate assets to include, but not limited to mail covers, credit reports, Choice Point/Accurint, real estate, vehicles, insurance, DMV, FinCEN, drive-bys, etc.

Assisted prosecutors in grand jury, trial preparation, and trial with complex financial crime issues.

Worked collaboratively with the IRS civil divisions conducting corporate fraud investigations involving understatement of income, employment tax fraud, fraudulent loans to officers and personal expenses fraudulently charged to corporations.

Accumulated extensive experience in tracing the flow of funds through domestic and international financial institutions.

Assigned as the lead investigator in numerous complex financial investigations. Worked with FBI, DEA, ICE, ATF, DCIS, SEC, and GBI.

Member of various task forces.

Extensively used forensic accounting and interviewing techniques to resolve investigations.

Have a thorough knowledge of the federal rules of evidence and criminal procedures.

Thoroughly familiar with the investigative policies, procedures and techniques of the Internal Revenue Service and the Treasury Department, and the criminal enforcement and prosecution policies of the Justice Department.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY: INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE –

COLLECTION DIVISION

INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICER

Cincinnati, OH August 81 to January 88

Enforced the laws of the Collection Division. Ensured that personal and corporate returns were filed and paid timely. Located and seized personal and business assets to bring the taxpayer back in compliance.

SECURITY CLEARANCE Confidential

EDUCATION Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

Bachelor of Science (Criminal Justice – Minor Accounting) 1982

CITIZENSHIP United States

REFERENCES Richard Serrano – 561-***-****

Reginald McDaniel – 678-***-****

Tory Simmons - 954-***-****

Maurice Forbes - 305-***-****

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