Financial Investigator

Senior Financial Investigator (SFI) and Financial Investigator (FI)

Organizes and conducts detailed examinations of information generated during complex financial criminal/civil investigations and information available through alternative sources for the purpose of conducting financial analyses of personal/business assets of targeted organizations/individuals. Utilizes information obtained as a result of the financial analysis and prepares documentation for use by law enforcement personnel pursuing civil and criminal forfeiture matters.

• For the SFI, a minimum of ten years of law‑enforcement experience (five years for the FI) planning, conducting, and participating in complex financial investigations with a minimum of five years in a specialized area of expertise such as Forfeiture, Organized Crime, White Collar Crime, Fraud, Drug, Money Laundering, or similar.
• Undergraduate degree is required.
• Working knowledge of current financial investigative techniques, including the use of commercial databases and other source information.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Foreign‑language skills are preferred.

• Develop and maintain forfeiture processes and procedures associated with ongoing financial investigations.
• Introduce and apply specific tools and techniques to analyze financial information.
• Provide advice and guidance to investigating agencies, including education on tools and techniques used to analyze financial data.
• Conduct informal and formal training sessions and produce reference guides.
• Analyze financial records obtained through internal and external databases, including bank statements, deposits, debit transactions, checks, letters of credit, CTRs, loan applications, and related records obtained pursuant to subpoenas and warrants.
• Identify hidden assets and false statements that conceal illicit assets and help present them as legitimate.
• Assist in determining the amount to seek for forfeiture, identifying and tracing assets, and assisting the Government in perfecting its interest in the property.
• Assist in the location and repatriation of assets subject to forfeiture, identify depositors and related bank accounts, properties, investments, and other assets.
• Maintain detailed case documentation and database files of financial investigative research to trace proceeds of criminal activities and investigative interests.
• Research and analyze information from investigative and business‑related automated systems such as Choice Point, Autotrack, TECS, FINCEN, CLEAR, THREADS, Accurint, ISYS, Lexis‑Nexis, PACER, Court Link, Westlaw, NADA, Used , and other internet capabilities.
• Conduct research and analysis activities including ownership interests, tracing proceeds, creating databases from financial records, preparing seizure warrants, civil complaints, forfeiture counts, exhibits, evidence cataloguing, and identifying potential substitute assets.
• Use social media and cyber research tools, and implement parsing of dialed number strings to identify assets and amounts subject to forfeiture.
• Assist in developing probable cause for pursuit of seizure warrants, restraining orders, civil complaints, and forfeiture counts.
• Provide investigative support, including coordinated planning to mitigate excessive risks in seizing property and assessing impacts on the community.
• Prepare documents and catalog exhibits on source and ownership of targeted properties.
• Perform analytical link analyses, especially for forfeiture, and utilize Title III’s surveillance to determine relationships between subjects and events leading to alleged forfeitability.
• Research and identify assets utilizing data amplification programs/systems and cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin.
• Assist witnesses and subjects and provide courtroom testimony and depositions on investigative analysis and asset identification.