Senior Financial Investigator

Afiss 2 Job Description (fbi)

The contractor shall support the processes and procedures associated with a financial investigation. This support shall include, but is not limited to, the introduction of specific tools and techniques to analyze financial information.

• Provide support to fully develop the forfeiture aspects of an on‑going investigation.
• Analyze financial records obtained by the FBI Case Teams through internal and external databases and submit reports documenting the results, including bank statements, deposits, debit transactions, checks, letters of credit, Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs), loan applications, and related records obtained pursuant to Federal and State subpoenas and search warrants.
• Review documents to determine hidden assets and false statements used to hide illicit assets and to make them appear legitimate.
• Review, process, and analyze information sufficient to assist in determining the amount to seek for forfeiture, 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 the 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, Court Link, West Law, NADA, Used , and other law‑enforcement databases that provide forfeiture‑specific case support to the Government in civil and criminal forfeiture matters.
• Perform tasks and services necessary to complete ingestion, processing, and analysis of varied datasets acquired during investigations by leveraging existing government toolsets, collaborating and consulting with government data scientists, system engineers, and software developers to extract insight from proprietary data.
• Provide additional services, including parsing of 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.
• Organize and conduct detailed examinations of information generated during complex criminal/civil investigations and alternative sources for the purpose of conducting financial analyses of personal/business assets of targeted organizations/individuals.
• 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.
• Provide investigative support to the Government with coordinated planning to mitigate excessive risks in seizing targeted property, including assessing impacts on the local community (e.g., the seizure of an occupied apartment complex).
• Prepare documents and catalog case exhibits on the source and ownership of targeted properties.
• Perform analytical research to identify and record potential substitute assets.
• Identify witnesses and subjects and assist the case agent/attorney during interviews and courtroom proceedings regarding the ownership and source of targeted property of ongoing case investigations.
• Conduct detailed link analyses, specific to forfeiture, 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.
• Provide courtroom testimony and depositions regarding investigative analysis and identification of assets derived from specific unlawful activities.