New York, NY
+1 212.808.8317

General

• Former senior investigator of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) and contributor to The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report

Litigation, Investigative and Intelligence Services

• Extensive experience in investigations, corporate recovery, risk mitigation, integrity advisory, litigation consulting and expert testimony, primarily within the financial and banking sectors
• Specializes in mortgage- and asset-backed securities and other exotic structured derivatives, corporate governance and financial institution operations and controls
• More than 30 years of experience working within the financial/mortgage industry, Wall Street, the Federal Government and various consulting firms, investigating and forensically reconstructing major fraud and negligence reviews, including SEC and DOJ violations; assisted clients in developing recovery strategies for victims of the Madoff Fraud
• Advised on some of the largest domestic and international fraud, negligence and risk reviews, including:
  • billion dollar bankruptcies
  • large bank failures
  • market forecasting, including the collapse of subprime mortgage and related sectors
  • market manipulation and hostile takeovers
  • recovery activities against sovereign entities, major shareholder and class action law suits
  • multi-billion dollar asset-backed securities fraud and negligence
  • D&O and blanket bond actions
  • international investigations and money laundering
  • whistleblower advisory and investigative services

• Previously appointed as senior investigator of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC) and played a key role in investigating, identifying and reporting on the causes of the financial crisis to the President and Congress
• Directed all areas of JP Morgan's Private Banking Division's mortgage lending programs, including marketing, credit policy, real estate appraisals, origination, processing, sale of loans in mortgage market and product development
• Served as a Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) senior investigator-in-charge for large bank failures
• Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)

• Senior investigator and contributor to the Financial Crisis Inquiry Report
• Awarded the Washington D.C. ACFE Examiner of the Year Award for 2009 and 2010 for his FCIC work
• Awarded the Special Act of Service Award by the FCIC in 2010
• Lead investigator to find Whistleblowers and other key witnesses for the FCIC and other major investigations and recovery efforts
• Bought large multimillion dollar distressed debt portfolios and managed the recovery activities
• Conceived and developed first sale of new and seasoned mortgage loans for major Wall Street bank
• Advised clients on major recovery activities and investigations
• Frequent speaker and author on the financial crisis

Education

• B.S., Saint Peters College

Affiliations

• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, board of directors, member and contributor
• Numerous financial and other professional affiliations
• John Jay College of Criminal Justice, advisory committee member