Senior Financial Investigator - Imperial, CA - DEA Office

About the Role

The Senior Financial Investigator (SFI) and Financial Investigator (FI) organize and conduct detailed examinations of information generated during complex financial criminal/civil investigations. They analyze personal and business assets of targeted organizations or individuals, utilizing financial analysis to support law enforcement in civil and criminal forfeiture matters.

Responsibilities

• Develop forfeiture processes and procedures for ongoing financial investigations, including introducing tools and techniques to analyze financial information.
• Provide advice and guidance to law enforcement agencies on financial investigative techniques, including training sessions and reference guides.
• Analyze financial records (e.g., bank statements, deposits, debit transactions, CTRs, loan applications) obtained via subpoenas or search warrants to identify hidden assets and false statements.
• Review, process, and analyze information to:
  • Assist in determining forfeiture amounts.
  • Identify and trace assets during investigations.
  • Help the Government perfect its interest in property.
• Assist in locating and repatriating assets subject to forfeiture.
• Identify individuals/entities making deposits and related assets (e.g., bank accounts, properties, investments).
• Maintain detailed case documentation and database files to trace proceeds of criminal activities.
• Research and analyze information from investigative and business-related automated systems (e.g., Choice Point, Autotrack, FINCEN, Lexis-Nexis, PACER, West Law, and other databases).
• Perform research and analysis activities, including:
  • Documenting ownership interests of targeted properties.
  • Tracing proceeds of criminal violations.
  • Creating databases from financial records.
  • Preparing seizure warrants, civil complaints, and forfeiture counts.
  • Preparing exhibits on the source and ownership of targeted property.
  • Identifying, analyzing, and documenting potential substitute assets.
• Research and identify assets using social media, cyber research tools, and cryptocurrencies (e.g., Bitcoin).
• Provide additional services, such as parsing dialed number strings to identify forfeitable property.
• Assist in developing probable cause for seizure warrants, temporary restraining orders, and civil complaints.
• Provide investigative support to mitigate risks in seizing targeted property (e.g., assessing community impacts).
• Prepare documents and catalog case exhibits on the source and ownership of targeted properties.
• Identify witnesses and subjects and assist during interviews and courtroom proceedings.
• Provide courtroom testimony and depositions regarding investigative analysis and asset identification.
• Conduct detailed link analyses to determine relationships between subjects and events leading to forfeitability of property.

Requirements

• Minimum of ten years (SFI) or five years (FI) of law enforcement experience in complex financial investigations, with at least five years in a specialized area (e.g., forfeiture, organized crime, white-collar crime, fraud, drug, or money laundering).
• Undergraduate degree required.
• Working knowledge of current financial investigative techniques, including commercial databases and information sources.
• Valid driver’s license.
• Must possess or have recently held a security clearance and law enforcement experience.
• Foreign language skills preferred.

Pay

Salary Range: $75,000–$126,000.