Senior Financial Investigator

Professional Risk Management Inc•Lexington, KY

75d

About The Position

The Senior Financial Investigator (SFI) and Financial Investigator (FI) roles involve organizing and conducting detailed examinations of information generated during complex financial criminal/civil investigations. This includes utilizing information from alternative sources to perform financial analyses of personal and business assets of targeted organizations or individuals. The insights gained are used to prepare documentation for law enforcement personnel pursuing civil and criminal forfeiture matters. For the SFI, a minimum of ten years of law enforcement experience in planning, conducting, and participating in complex financial investigations is required, with at least five years in a specialized area such as Forfeiture, Organized Crime, White Collar Crime, Fraud, Drug, or Money Laundering. An undergraduate degree is also required. Both SFI and FI must have a working knowledge of current financial investigative techniques, including the use of commercial databases and other information sources, and possess a valid driver’s license. Foreign language skills are preferred.

Requirements

Minimum of ten years of law enforcement experience planning, conducting, and participating in complex financial investigations (five years for FI).
Minimum of five years in a specialized area of expertise such as Forfeiture, Organized Crime, White Collar Crime, Fraud, Drug, Money Laundering, or similar area of criminal activity.
Undergraduate degree.
Working knowledge of current financial investigative techniques.
Working knowledge of the use of commercial databases and other sources of information.
Valid driver’s license.

Nice To Haves

Foreign language skills.

Responsibilities

Develop the forfeiture processes and procedures associated with an on-going financial investigation, including the introduction of specific tools and techniques to analyze financial information.
Provide advice and guidance to fully develop the forfeiture aspects of an ongoing investigation, including educating investigating agencies’ agents on specific tools and techniques utilized to analyze financial information through informal and formal training sessions and distribution of reference guides.
Analyze financial records obtained by the Investigating Agencies through internal and external data bases and submit reports documenting the results, when requested.
Review bank statements, deposits, and debit transactions, including checks, letters of credit, Currency Transaction Reports (CTR), loan applications, and related records obtained pursuant to Federal and State subpoenas and search warrants.
Review documents to determine hidden assets and false statements used to hide illicit assets from investigators and to make the assets appear legitimate.
Review, process, and analyze information to assist in determining the amount to seek for forfeiture, identify and trace assets during investigations, and assist the Government in perfecting its interest in the property.
Assist in the location and repatriation of assets subject to forfeiture.
Identify individuals and entities making deposits and all related bank accounts, properties, investments, and any other assets identified from documentation.
Maintain detailed case documentation and database files of financial investigative research to trace proceeds of criminal activities and investigative interests in targeted property.
Research and analyze information derived from various investigative and business-related automated systems including, but not limited to, Choice Point, Autotrack, TECS, FINCEN, CLEAR, THREADS, Accurint, ISYS, Lexis-Nexis, PACER, CourtLink, West Law, NADA, Used Price.com, and other Internet capabilities (e.g., law enforcement databases to provide forfeiture specific case support to the Government in civil and criminal forfeiture matters).
Perform research and analysis activities such as analyzing and documenting ownership interests of targeted properties; analyzing financial records to trace proceeds of criminal violations to their current form; creating a data base from financial records to document the source of targeted property; preparing seizure warrants, civil complaints, and forfeiture counts; preparing exhibits on the source and ownership of targeted property; documenting and cataloguing evidence on the source and ownership of targeted property; and identifying, analyzing, and documenting potential substitute assets.
Research and identify assets utilizing various Social Media and Cyber research tools.
Provide additional services, including the parsing of dialed number strings, to identify amounts and property subject to forfeiture and to perfect the Government's interest in forfeitable property.
Organize and conduct detailed examinations of information generated during complex criminal/civil investigations as well as alternative sources for the purpose of conducting financial analyses of personal/business assets of targeted organizations/individuals.
Assist with the development of sufficient probable cause to enable the Government to pursue seizure warrants, temporary restraining orders, civil complaints, and forfeiture counts against targeted property and parties.
Provide investigative support with coordinated planning to mitigate excessive risks in seizing targeted property, including assessing impacts on the local community.
Prepare documents and catalog case exhibits on the source and ownership of targeted properties.
Perform analytical research to identify and record potential substitute assets.
Identify witnesses and subjects and assist the case agent/attorney during conducted interviews and courtroom proceedings regarding the ownership and source of targeted property of ongoing case investigations.
Provide courtroom testimony and depositions regarding investigative analysis and identification of assets derived from specific unlawful activities.
Conduct detailed link analyses, specific to Forfeiture, utilizing the results of financial analysis and other investigative techniques, such as Title III's surveillance to determine relationships between subjects and events leading to alleged forfeitability of property and proceeds.
Research and identify assets utilizing data amplification programs/systems and through various forms of cryptocurrencies (e.g., Bitcoin).