Senior Financial Investigator

Overview

Dea Afiss 2 Job Description Forfeiture Support Services

Develop the forfeiture processes and procedures associated with an on-going financial investigation. This support shall include the introduction of specific tools and techniques to analyze financial information. The contractor will provide advice and guidance to fully develop the forfeiture aspects of an ongoing investigation. Advice and guidance include, but is not limited to, education of the investigating agencies’ agents on specific tools and techniques utilized to analyze financial information.

Tasks performed to meet this requirement would include informal and formal training sessions based on the contractor’s content or design and distribution of reference guides.

• 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 Senior Financial Investigator (SFI): must have a minimum of ten years (five years for the FI) of law enforcement experience in planning, conducting, and participating in complex financial investigations, with at least five years in a specialized area such as Forfeiture, Organized Crime, White Collar Crime, Fraud, Drug, Money Laundering, or similar criminal activity. An undergraduate degree is required.
  
  The SFI and FI must possess working knowledge of current financial investigative techniques, including the use of commercial databases and other sources of information, and a valid driver’s license. Foreign language skills are preferred.
• Develop forfeiture processes and procedures for ongoing financial investigations, including tools and techniques to analyze financial information and training materials for investigators.
• Analyze financial records obtained by Investigating Agencies through internal and external databases; review bank statements, deposits, debit transactions, checks, letters of credit, Currency Transaction Reports (CTR), loan applications, and related records obtained pursuant to Federal and State subpoenas and search warrants; identify hidden assets and assess misstatements.
• Review, process, and analyze information to assist in determining forfeiture amounts, identify and trace assets, and assist the Government in perfecting its interest in property.
• Assist in locating and repatriating assets subject to forfeiture.
• Identify individuals and entities making deposits and all related accounts, properties, investments, and other assets identified in documentation.
• Maintain detailed case documentation and database files of financial investigative research to trace proceeds of criminal activity and interests in targeted property.
• Research and analyze information from various investigative and business-related automated systems (e.g., Choice Point, Autotrack, TECS, FINCEN, CLEAR, THREADS, Accurint, ISYS, Lexis-Nexis, PACER, Court Link, West Law, NADA, Used ) and other Internet capabilities to provide forfeiture-specific case support.
• Research assets using Social Media and Cyber research tools.
• Provide additional services, including parsing of dialed number strings, to identify amounts and property subject to forfeiture and perfect Government’s interest in forfeitable property.
• Organize and conduct detailed examinations of information generated during complex criminal/civil investigations and alternative sources for the purpose of conducting financial analyses of assets.
• Assist with developing probable cause 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…