Fraud Consultants

Richard T. Picciochi is a Questioned Document Examiner with over thirty five years of experience in the New York City Police Department Crime Laboratory and in private practice. He is retired from the NYPD Forensic Investigation Division where he was a Detective, Document Examiner and the Technical Supervisor of the Questioned Document Unit. In the course of his career he has examined thousands of disputed signature, handwriting and document cases, participated in numerous high profile investigations and testified in trials including the "Zodiac" homicides and the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City.

Mr. Picciochi possesses a background that integrates the natural sciences, forensic sciences and law enforcement investigations. He has earned a Master of Science degree in Forensic Science and has received extensive specialized training in questioned document analysis by the NYPD, the FBI and the United States Secret Service.

Mr. Picciochi is a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Document Examiners (ABFDE) and was awarded certification upon completion of comprehensive written, practical and oral examinations. He is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences and the International Association for Identification.

Mr. Picciochi specializes in the examination of signatures and has testified in state, federal and international courts. He will accept civil, criminal and administrative cases and offers his services to both Plaintiff and Defense attorneys.

Nationwide Expert Witness and Case Preparation Services Provided For Litigation Involving Automobile Industry Standards & Practices, Specializing in Dealership Operation, Relating to Sales, Leasing, Finance, New & Used Cars, Service & Parts. Auto Industry Veteran Since 1978. 

Issues:

Fraud Unfair Business Practices Single Document Rule Document Disclosure Spanish Contracts Finance Reserve Payment-Packing Purchase/Lease Flip Rental Disclosure Sales, Closing and Desk Procedures 4-Squares AB-68

Deferred Down Payment Regulations M & Z Wholesale Procedures Reconditioning Safety Inspection Title History Wrongful Termination Discrimination Wrongful Death Class Actions Sales & Management Training Song-Beverly Lemon Law

Los Angeles Business & Resale Licenses
Resume & References upon Request

Colorado Office: 1550 Larimer Street, Suite 251 Denver, CO 80202 T: 303/330-8636 F: 303-265-9087

Texas Office: 3021 Ridge Road, Suite A130 Rockwall, TX 75032 T: 214/458-6009 F: 303-265-9087

Wendy Carlson, Forensic Document Examiner and Handwriting Expert, Court qualified in Federal, state and local courts in 16 states, Canada and the Bahamas. Regularly retained by government agencies including Dept of the Army, Dept of the Air Force, Public Defenders and Prosecutors, Police Departments, City and County Election Divisions, Private Investigators and Associations.

Ms. Carlson has examined hundreds of signatures, handwritings and case documents, and rendered opinions on cases in at least 46 states and more than a dozen foreign countries. She has also examined documents and rendered opinions in cases written in Arabic, Chinese, English, Korean and Spanish writing.

Specific Areas of Training:

Handwriting Identification and Discrimination

Signature Comparison

Techniques for Distinguishing Forged Signatures

Disguised Handwriting

Altered Numbers

Anonymous Writing

Factors that Affect Writing

Analysis & Inference, Inc. is a team of statisticians and data scientists whose expertise in Statistical Theory and Application has been honed over the course of more than 700 projects. Senior statisticians, Dr. William (Will) Fairley and Dr. William (Bill) Huber direct A+I statistical consulting and research for corporations, government, non-profit agencies, and law firms, providing in-depth perspective and highly effective analysis.

Services Include:

• Risk Analysis - Statistical, probability, and related financial analyses for risk, accidents, and health
• Audits, Surveys, Theft, and Fraud - Determination through statistical sampling and modeling of amounts of monies recoverable in audit disallowances, large-scale thefts, and fraud, etc.
• Discrimination - Analysis of data, questions of statistical significance and validity, and development of models relevant to a wide range of discrimination claims in employment or in municipal services, housing, and other areas by age, sex, race, etc.
• Liability and Damages - Statistical analysis and related economic aspects to address alleged harm or specific damages
• Finance, Regulation, and Insurance - Statistical analysis and related aspects of finance theory and economics in issues such as price discrimination, royalties, real property valuation, investment risk and return, regulated rates of return, and risk classification in property-liability insurance
• Public Policy - Examples are school funding mechanisms, hazardous materials management, economic regulation, and discrimination

William B. Fairley, PhD, President, Co-Founder, and Senior Statistician is nationally recognized for contributions to law and public policy and widely published in leading statistical and economics journals. He has contributed to successful outcomes in more than 400 professional engagements. He has published over 45 professional articles, and been accepted as an expert by over 30 courts, boards, arbitrators, or mediators.

An expert with respect to the Medicaid reimbursement system, Dr. Fairley was the first to identify and quantify an unfair bias in the way the system assigned payments to the states. By introducing the concept of a “Penalty Bias,” he helped return millions of dollars in penalties to a coalition of states.

Dr. Fairley has been recognized as an expert statistician in numerous federal and state courts, as well as in settlement negotiations, arbitrations, and mediations.

William A. Huber, PhD, Statistician, Mathematician, and Data Analyst is an Accredited Professional Statistician (American Statistical Association) with a PhD in mathematics from Columbia University.

When New Jersey implemented new regulations to control groundwater pollution, Dr. Huber predicted that prominent manufacturing plants would face unexpected and unfair financial penalties. Using statewide data obtained through the FOIA, he created and analyzed a database of monitoring records to determine which facilities would be affected. Working closely with industry, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, and the public, Dr. Huber recommended changes to the regulations which were quickly adopted, leading to a fairer, more effective program that remains in use today.

Dr. Huber mines data to uncover valuable insights that improve critical business decisions to boost company and product performance. His expertise is in developing models which describe patterns and explain the relationships among variables that can reveal previously unseen facts of high business value. As President and Founder of Quantitative Decisions, a statistical consulting and software development firm, Dr. Huber completed over 300 projects, illuminating ideas that accelerate growth, innovation, and competitiveness. Many of his projects have focused on environmental statistics and decision analysis.

Dr. Huber has testified in federal courts and supported litigation as a consulting expert in many states and Mexico.

Archuleta & Associates Investigative Services, a Division of Archuleta & Associates, Inc., has been providing investigative services within various industries since 1982. They are the overwhelming leaders within the CA Central Valley.

The clientele of Archuleta & Associates, Inc. consists of every level of business, from both the private and public sector. Due to the wide range of services provided and their 25 years within the industry, they have worked with an extremely diverse and vast clientele base, from the largest of litigation firms to the smallest of personal clients.

Robert A. Archuleta launched his career as a Private Investigator in 1983, after five years as an officer, investigator and sergeant for the Lodi Police Department, followed by stints as an engineering contractor and a deputy U.S. Marshal. Among his other clientele, Mr. Archuleta has been as an Expert Witness for the Department of Consumer Affairs for the State of California.

Services Include:

Accident Reconstruction AOE / COE Civil Litigation Copyright Infringement Criminal Defense Criminal Prosecution General Engineering GPS Location / Tracking

Insurance Bad Faith Insurance Defense Seminar Training Surveillance Traffic Reconstruction Video Evidence Voice Stress Analyzation Workers Compensation

Profile: J. Michael Feeks, one of the founders of Bank Experts Group, provides consulting services to banks and bank clients, and litigation support and expert witness services to law firms. Services to Financial Institutions:

• Turnaround Strategies
• Crisis Management and Recovery
• Regulatory Relationships
• Loan Review, Administration and Workout
• Management Policies, Practices and Procedures

Services to Bank Clients:

• Loan Workout, Refinancing
• Re-negotiation of Business and Commercial Real Estate Loans

Services to Law Firms:

• Litigation Support and Expert Witness Services
• Consultation and Testimony in Commercial and Real Estate Lending, Business and Consumer Banking Operations and Management, and Bankruptcies and Frauds

Background: 35+ years of banking experience. 10+ years of consulting experience. Served major bank in lending, branch operations, and management. Served community banks as president, director, and other senior positions. MBA – New York University. Graduate – Manhattan College and Stonier Graduate School of Banking.

Bank Experts Group is a consulting firm that provides litigation support in banking-related matters and specialized assistance to banks and other financial institutions. The principals are experienced former bankers, regulators and educators with extensive experience in bank management.

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Bank Resources and Solutions is an executive management consulting group that has provided Financial, Operations, and Regulatory / Compliance consulting services nationwide to financial institutions, attorneys, and regulatory authorities since 2008. Their services include: 

Executive Management & Strategic Planning:

• Directors’ and Officers’ Corporate Governance
• Standards of Care, Actions, and Negligence
• Industry Standards, Management Practices, and Procedures
• Strategic Planning and Implementation
• De novo Start-ups; Board and Executive Staff Selection, Obtaining Regulatory Approval, and Capital Campaigns

Bank Operations and Administration:

• Development and Implementation of Effective and Compliant Policies and Procedures
• Internal Bank Control Reviews
• Forensic Accounting, Detection of Money Laundering, Bank Fraud, and Embezzlement
• Human Resources; Employment, Training, and Compensation

Lending:

• Unique Perspective from CEO level from Policy Approval Through Underwriting, Approval, Review, Administration, and Collections
• Bank Regulations, Industry Standards, Credit Policy Issues, and Best Practices
• Real Estate Appraisals, Title Insurance, Guarantees, and Lender Liability Issues, including Negligence, Forensic Accounting, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Other Workout Strategies and Administration

Mark C. Riley is an experienced and successful former Bank Chief Executive Officer whose background includes leading the turnaround of two banks that had been operating under regulatory agreements upon arrival. Mr. Riley’s relevant experience was overseeing all areas of his banks including the development, approval, and implementation of effective risk management programs. For example, as CEO, Mr. Riley was involved in all phases of lending from business development to credit analysis and underwriting to overseeing loan approval and review process, providing due diligence of client bank loan portfolios, developing and overseeing workouts of nonperforming loans.

Susan E. C. Riley is an experienced Senior Officer whose background includes the total responsibility for creating and managing the enterprise-wide systems of two denovo banks. Her relevant experience also includes creating and managing the Human Resources Department, Compliance, IT and IT Security, BSA/AML, ACH, Vendor Management, and related contract negotiations and Retail Bank Management. As co-founder, Mrs. Riley has analyzed, recommended, and implemented complex banking software within tight guidelines. She has established a solid reputation as a “no nonsense, identify the challenges, develop effective strategies and get the solutions in place” administrator. 

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Barrington Capital Management, Inc. provides customized financial solutions for unique financial challenges and objectives. Their expertise is in the development, implementation and ongoing management of a customized and diversified investment strategy. Barrington's mission is to assist in building, enhancing, and protecting personal wealth and maintaining financial security. President and Chief Executive Officer, Bob Lawson, has over 35 years of financial services experience as an Investment Advisory and Insurance Agency Executive, Securities Principal, and Options Principal. Bob proudly serves as an industry arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the National Futures Association (NFA), a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), ERISA (3)-21 Fiduciary, Master Registered Financial Consultant, and an Accredited Investment Fiduciary. In addition to teaching advanced investment strategies and Retirement Planning classes throughout the year. 

Bob Lawson has special expertise in stock options and has presented the following Options Industry Council (OIC) seminars to retail and industry professionals throughout the United States:

Options Basics Options Intermediate Advanced Options

Covered Calls Options Spreads Option Volatility

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Bedford and Main Financial Consulting provides consulting services catering to the broker-dealer community. This includes Introducing Brokers, Self-clearing Brokers, Correspondent Clearing firms, Independent or W-2 based advisor models, Secondary Clearing or “Piggyback” firms and often start-up broker-dealers and those looking for an acquisition partner. Yes, we will assist other related financial services clients when it is a good fit, but we stay true to our core competencies.

Our experience is both deeply rooted yet freshly relevant. With over 35 years of hands-on senior experience, our management has been actively building, growing and restructuring broker-dealers. While based in the metropolitan Philadelphia area, Bedford and Main's client base is global.

Our “bread and butter” work and expertise focuses on conversions and project management. We have helped firms merge together, switch clearing firms, implemented new processing platforms and established trade execution, clearing, and custody relationships, along with installing countless third party industry related platforms.

Our business is founded on strong relationships. We invite you to visit us at the corner of www.BedfordandMain.com and be sure to check out our testimonials.

Bedford and Main is a proud supporter of SIFMA and the Financial Services Institute.

Consulting Specialties:

• Conversion Specialist
• Strategic Project Management
• Clearing Firms and Securities Processing Platforms
• FINRA Compliance Issues
• Anti-Money Laundering and CEO Certifications
• Firm Staffing and Restructuring
• Contract Negotiations
• Broker-dealer Start-ups
• Selling “Shell” Firms and other Mergers & Acquisitions Activity

Our clients appreciate how valuable it is to work with a consultant who has held the Series 3, 7, 24, 27 and 63 and is a FINRA arbitrator and an Anti-Money Laundering specialist. Moreover, the insights we provide resulting from our securities expert witness engagements often prove invaluable.

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BHK Associates, Inc. (BHK), is a Banking / Finance firm comprised of former bank presidents, chief executive officers, chief creditor officers, and chief lending officers. BHK clients include banks, credit unions, title companies, financial institutions, and insurance companies.

Advisory Services - BHK Associates, Inc., provides a broad range of advisory services to the financial industry and its clients, involving a number of disciplines: Banking Industry Standards & Best Practices, Strategic Planning and Performance Reviews, Banking Operations, Construction Lending, Due Diligence Reviews, Merger & Acquisition Reviews, Troubled Debt Restructuring, Real Estate Appraisal Issues, and more.

Special Credits & Loan Workouts - Their experts have years of experience advising in the areas of special credits, loan workouts, and collection. Specific areas of expertise include: Problem Loan Review & Classification, Problem Loan Workout Strategies, Negotiating Loan Workouts & Forbearance Agreement, Asset Disposition and Loan Sales, Intra-bank disputes, Problem Asset Valuation, Loan Quality Assessment and Analysis, etc.

Brian H. Kelley, Founder and Principal, is a seasoned Banking Executive, Lender, and Attorney with over 30 years of experience in lending, top management, and legal positions for both regional and larger commercial banks in California, Arizona, Washington, and Oregon. He has served as the CEO of three successful community banks and the head of a Multi-Billion Dollar lending group with a large international bank.

Mr. Kelley earned his BA and JD from Brigham Young University. He has been admitted to the CA, UT, and HI Bar Associations. He also has extensive professional course experience in loan underwriting, credit analysis, corporate finance, and lending practices. Mr. Kelley has been a featured speaker and panelist for various industry groups, including the Mortgage Bankers Association and the National Hotel Finance & Investment Conference.

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The Burroughs Healthcare Consulting Network specializes in all aspects of Physician, Medical Staff, Management, and Governance Challenges.

President and CEO, Jonathan H. Burroughs, MD, MBA, FACHE, FAAPL, works with some of the nation’s top healthcare consulting organizations to provide ‘best practice’ solutions and training to healthcare organizations throughout the country in the areas of:

Healthcare Governance Physician Engagement & Alignment Strategies Credentialing / Privileging Peer Review and Performance Improvement Patient Safety

Medical Staff Development Planning Physician Leadership Academies Physician Performance Management Physician Behavior Management Physician Operations Optimization

Dr. Burroughs serves on the national faculty of the American College of Healthcare Executives and the American Association for Physician Leadership (formerly the American College of Physician Executives), where he has been consistently rated as one of their top speakers and educators. He and Dr. David Nash were recently awarded a development grant by the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) to develop a twelve hour national program to address population health and the disruptive innovative business models necessary to support it. He is the author or coauthor of the following books: Redesign the Medical Staff Model-A Collaborative Approach (published by Health Administration Press, January, 2015), The Complete Guide to FPPE (2012), Medical Staff Leadership Essentials (2011), Engage and Align the Medical Staff and Hospital Management: Expert Strategies and Field Tested Tools (2010), A Practical Guide to Managing Disruptive and Impaired Physicians (2010), The Top 40 Medical Staff Policies and Procedures, Fourth Edition (2010), Emergency Department On-Call Strategies: Solutions for Physician-Hospital Alignment (2009), and Peer Review Best Practices: Case Studies and Lessons Learned (2008).

Dr. Burroughs is a former Senior Consultant and Director of Education Services for The Greeley Company where he was rated as one of their top healthcare consultants and educators over an eight year period. He is also a past medical staff president, past president of the New Hampshire chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, and served as an emergency department medical director. As a member of the governing board of Memorial Hospital in New Hampshire, he chaired the ethics, succession planning, and bylaws committees and sat on the joint conference, strategic planning, and medical executive committees. He previously served as a member of the clinical faculty of Dartmouth Medical School, where his research interests included introducing EMT defibrillation and automatic defibrillation into the field.

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Cambria Associates has provided consulting services to the Banking, Finance, and Real Estate industries for more than 24 years. Serving more than 100 clients over the years, and currently working with 30 banks, thrifts and credit unions with assets ranging from $100 million to $12 billion, Cambria Associates operates primarily in the Chicago area, but also in New York, California, Florida, Wisconsin and Iowa.

Cambria Associates focuses primarily on asset and loan review for its clients, with watch-list credits, analysis of risk ratings, quality of documentation and administration, adherence to policies, and monitoring and recommendations. Their partial client list includes Banco Popular NA, Glenview State Bank, Charter National Bank, Tuscola National Bank, Buffalo Savings Bank, Blackhawk Community Credit Union, Hawthorne Credit Union, Devon Bank, THE National Bank, Farmers & Merchants Bank and Trust, Foster Bank, Western Springs National Bank, and High Country Bank.

Banking Industry Services

Loan Review Loan Workout Policy Review Bank Acquisitions Due Diligence

Commercial Lending Real Estate Lending Regulatory Response / Repair Banking Litigation Support

Principal, John B. Schnure, President of Cambria Associates, has 40 years of experience in Banking, Bank Management, Lending, Loan Review Due Diligence, and Commercial Real Estate. He has worked with Cambria Associates for over 25 years and has worked with over 100 banks as clients over the years.

Background - Mr. Schnure holds an MBA from Columbia University with majors in International Business and Real Estate, and a BBA from University of Cincinnati with a major in Finance. He has post-graduate study at Dartmouth College and University of Virginia Business Schools. Mr. Schnure has been President and CEO of three Chicago area banks/thrifts, and prior to that was Vice President of The Northern Trust Company in commercial lending and management.

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Cyber Forensics 360° (CF360) experts and consultants are notable worldwide leaders in Computer and Cellular Forensic Investigations, Electronic Discovery, and Cellular Historical Data Reconstruction.

Gus Dimitrelos is a retired US Secret Service special agent and currently the President of Cyber Forensics. In addition, Gus is a lead instructor for the Department of State anti-Terrorism program and the Regional Counterdrug Training Academy. Gus provides direct expert witness services in the areas of computer forensics and cellular forensics, penetration testing and data breach investigations for financial institutions, airports, oil/gas, Fortune 100 corporations and government networks. Their certified forensic experts are former special agents from the US Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement / Legacy US Customs Service, and other law enforcement agencies.

Their Technical Security experts have conducted over 100 technical security advances for Presidents William J. Clinton and George W. Bush and will utilize their skills to help develop your security policies and incident handling procedures.

CF360's vast knowledge of electronic discovery provides our civil clients with solutions for handling all digital data types including electronic mail, file metadata, documents, accounting records, internet activity, encryption and just about every other type of computer forensic evidence.

CF360 - Hackers FoundCF360 Services:

Computer Forensic Analysis Cellular Triangulation / Call Detail Record Preservation Electronic Discovery In-House e-Discovery CF360 Hosted ESI and Online Review Vulnerability Assessment

Penetration Testing Network Security Best Practices Technical Security Countermeasures "Bug Sweeps” Cyber Breach Mitigation Forensic Training Electronic Discovery Training

Konstantinos Gus Dimitrelos, Senior Digital Forensics Consulting Expert, performs Cyber Forensic Investigations and provides expert courtroom testimony to the US Department of Justice, US State Department, US Federal Defender's Office, numerous state and local law enforcement agencies and private law firms and attorneys. As the former Alabama Director of Digital Evidence and co-founder, he offers his expertise in complex Computer, Cellular, and GPS cases throughout the world.

Certified in US Federal Court as a Digital Evidence Forensic Expert, Mr. Dimitrelos has directly assisted the FBI, ATF, DEA, ICE and the US Secret Service in solving digital investigations, conducting computer / cellular forensics, and reconstructing historical cellular data.

He is considered a premier Cyber investigator receiving worldwide notability solving complex investigations for Hollywood Celebrities such as Linkin Park and Entertainment and Law Firms such as DavisShapiro-Beverly Hills. This investigation was featured in Wired Magazine, and Esquire Magazine - International.

Mr. Dimitrelos is also a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on the Evaluation, Prevention, Interdicting and Investigation of Acts of Terrorism and has conducted cyber-terrorism and cellular forensic program evaluations for the Anti-terrorism Assistance Program (ATAP), US Department of State. His most recent evaluations included overseas assessments of the program in the Middle East and South America.

Prior to retiring from the US Secret Service, Mr. Dimitrelos held many positions including; Supervisor for all 15 Electronic Crime Taskforces throughout the United States; US Secret Service lead interviewer for the 2003 USA/Canada Northeastern Power Outage Task Force; Vice-chairman on the Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE) Committee; and 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics - Technical Security Infrastructure Coordinator.

Mr. Dimitrelos has coordinated over 100 domestic and international Technical Security Surveys for Presidents William J. Clinton and George W. Bush and Vice-Presidents Albert Gore and Dick Cheney. Only six special agents in the USSS are offered these coveted positions.

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Danny F. Dukes and Associates, LLC is a Forensic Accounting Firm that specializes in expert witness and litigation support services. We have investigated fraud and various financial transactions. We are extremely knowledgeable in all aspects of laws pertaining to financial transactions and lending transactions.

Our founder, Danny F. Dukes, has spent over 28 years in the financial institutions and mortgage industry. Danny understands all aspects of mortgage and financial institution transactions.

As a consultant, he has assisted community banks with investment management, asset liability management, investment banking, compliance issues, internal audit, bank operations, bank policies, and generally accepted accounting principles. He has assisted in a capital raise for de-novo banks. He has also served as a lead on the selection of data processing solutions and transition teams for mergers and acquisitions. 

Areas of Expertise:

Bank Fraud & Embezzlement Bank Operations & Practices Cash Management Check Processing / Check 21 Check Kiting Deposit Accounts Electronic Transactions / ACH, ATMs Embezzlement

Loan Administration Money Laundering Payment Processing & Fraud Detection/Prevention Royalty Audits Damage Computation Claims Analysis Determination of Compliance Divorce

DataChasers, Inc. is a select, exclusive Computer Forensics and E-Discovery company. With Computer and Cell Phone Forensics and E-Discovery as their core focus, they offer strategies and provide alternatives so that clients are aware of all options to make more informed decisions.

DataChasers, Inc. provides an initial evaluation at one rate regardless of hourly time/rate that includes a review of the initial reports, search warrants, written evidence, and a consultation regarding the strengths and weaknesses of each case.

Services

Cell Phone and Device Forensics Forensic Computer Examinations E-Discovery Exams - Electronically Stored Information Intellectual Property & Copyright

Employment Law & Civil Rights Cases Family Law Criminal Law Probate

Computer Forensics Training - DataChasers, Inc. also provides California State Bar approved MCLE presentations for MCLE credits.Topics include Computer Forensics, Intellectual Property, Criminal Defense, Family Law, and Computer Forensics Presentations, Presenting Electronic Evidence at Court, and How to be an Expert Witness.

Matthew Albee, CFCE, EnCE, SCERS is a Computer Forensics expert with over 20 years of experience in his field. He currently serves as project manager and lead examiner on computer forensic and e-discovery cases for DataChasers, Inc.

Background Experience - Since 1996, Mr. Albee has been a Special Agent for the State of California Franchise Tax Board and the Board of Equalization where his responsibilities include equipping and maintaining the computer forensic laboratory, and conducting investigations that involved financial and computer crimes. Since 2012, he has served as a Course Evaluator /Subject Matter Expert for the Office of Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA), Diplomatic Security Service, United States Department of State.

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