What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Investigator position at Professional Risk Management Services?
Dea Afiss 2 Job Description
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 (five years for the FI) of law
enforcement experience 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 area of criminal activity is required. 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.
Forfeiture Support Services
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.
Specifically, the contractor will review bank statements; deposits; and debit transactions,
including checks, letters of credit, Currency Transaction Reports (CTR), loan applications,
and related records that are obtained pursuant to Federal and State subpoenas and search
warrants executed by the Government. The contractor will review the documents to
determine hidden assets and false statements that are used to hide illicit assets from
investigators and to make the assets appear to
be legitimate.
and 3) assist the Government in perfecting its interest in the property.
documentation.
property.
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).
Examples of research and analysis activities include: analyzing and documenting the
ownership interests of targeted properties; analyzing financial records to trace the 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.
perfect the Government's interest in forfeitable property.
financial analyses of personal/business assets of targeted organizations/individuals.
counts against targeted property and parties.
community. An example would be the seizure of an occupied apartment complex.
property of ongoing case investigations.
relationships between the subjects of the investigation and the events that lead to the alleged
forfeitability of property and proceeds.
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 (five years for the FI) of law
enforcement experience 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 area of criminal activity is required. 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.
Forfeiture Support Services
- Develop the forfeiture processes and procedures associated with an on-going financial
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.
- Analyze financial records obtained by the Investigating Agencies through internal and
Specifically, the contractor will review bank statements; deposits; and debit transactions,
including checks, letters of credit, Currency Transaction Reports (CTR), loan applications,
and related records that are obtained pursuant to Federal and State subpoenas and search
warrants executed by the Government. The contractor will review the documents to
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 sufficient to 1) assist in determining the
and 3) assist the Government in perfecting its interest in the property.
- Assist in the location and repatriation of assets that are subject to forfeiture.
- Identify the individuals and entities making deposits and all related bank accounts,
documentation.
- Maintain detailed case documentation and database files of financial investigative
property.
- Research and analyze information derived from various investigative and business-related
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).
Examples of research and analysis activities include: analyzing and documenting the
ownership interests of targeted properties; analyzing financial records to trace the 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
perfect the Government's interest in forfeitable property.
- Organize and conduct detailed examinations of information generated during complex
financial analyses of personal/business assets of targeted organizations/individuals.
- Assist with the development of sufficient probable cause to enable the Government to
counts against targeted property and parties.
- Provide investigative support to the Government with coordinated planning to mitigate
community. An example would be the seizure of an occupied apartment complex.
- Prepare documents and catalog case exhibits on the source and
- Perform analytical research to identify and record potential
- Identify witnesses and subjects and assist the case agent/attorney during -conducted
property of ongoing case investigations.
- Provide courtroom testimony and depositions regarding their investigative analysis
- Conduct detailed link analyses, specific to Forfeiture, utilizing the results of financial
relationships between the subjects of the investigation and the events that lead to the alleged
forfeitability of property and proceeds.
- Research and identify assets utilizing data amplification programs/systems and through