Senior Financial Investigator

Responsibilities

• Support the processes and procedures associated with a financial investigation, including the introduction of specific tools and techniques to analyze financial information.
• Provide support to fully develop the forfeiture aspects of an ongoing investigation.
• Analyze financial records obtained by the FBI Case Teams through internal and external databases and submit reports documenting the results.
• Review bank statements, deposits and debit transactions, including checks, letters of credit, Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs), loan applications, and related records obtained pursuant to Federal and State subpoenas and search warrants.
• Determine hidden assets and false statements that are used to hide illicit assets from investigators and to make the assets appear to be legitimate.
• Review, process, and analyze information to assist in determining the amount to seek for forfeiture to identify and trace assets during investigations and assist the Government in perfecting its interest in the property.
• Repatriate assets that are subject to forfeiture.
• Identify individuals and entities making deposits and all related bank accounts, properties, investments, and other assets that may be identified from the 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 tools.
• Leverage existing government toolsets to perform tasks and services necessary to complete ingestion, processing, and analysis of varied datasets acquired during investigations.
• Collaborate and consult with government data scientists, system engineers, and software developers to extract insight from proprietary data that result in investigative and law enforcement outcomes.
• Parse dialed number strings to identify values and property that may be subject to forfeiture in a particular investigation and to perfect the Government’s interest in forfeitable property.
• Conduct detailed link analyses, utilizing the results of financial analysis and other investigative techniques, such as Title III surveillance, to determine relationships between the subjects of the investigation and the events that lead to the alleged forfeitability of property and proceeds.
• Prepare documents and catalog case exhibits on the source and ownership of targeted properties.
• Perform analytical research to identify and record potential substitute assets.
• 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.
• Assist in coordinated planning to mitigate excessive risks in seizing targeted property, including assessing impacts on the local community.
• Provide courtroom testimony and depositions regarding their investigative analysis and identification of assets derived from specific unlawful activities.