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.


The contractor shall provide support to fully develop the forfeiture aspects of an on- going investigation.


The contractor shall analyze financial records obtained by the FBI Case Teams through internal and external databases and submit reports documenting the results. Specifically, the contractor shall review bank statements; deposits and debit transactions, including checks, letters of credit, Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs), loan applications, and related records that are obtained pursuant to Federal and State subpoenas and search warrants executed by the Government. The contractor shall 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.


The contractor shall review, process, and analyze information sufficient to assist in determining the amount to seek for forfeiture to identify and trace assets during investigations and assist the Government in perfecting its interest in the property.


The contractor shall repatriate assets that are subject to forfeiture.


The contractor shall identify the individuals and entities making deposits and all related


bank accounts, properties, investments, and other assets that may be identified from


the documentation.


The contractor shall maintain detailed case documentation and database files of financial investigative research to trace proceeds of criminal activities and investigative interests in targeted property


The contractor shall 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, CourtLink, West Law, NADA, Used Price.com, and other tools. Other tools include law enforcement databases that provide forfeiture specific case support to the Government in civil and criminal forfeiture matters. Examples of research and analysis tasks 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 database 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.


The contractor shall perform tasks and services necessary to complete ingestion, processing, and analysis of varied datasets acquired during investigations by leveraging existing government toolsets. This support requires that the contractor collaborate and consult with government data scientists, system engineers, and software developers to extract insight from proprietary data that result in investigative and law enforcement outcomes.


The contractor shall provide additional services, including the 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.


The contractor shall organize and conduct detailed examinations of information generated during complex criminal/civil investigations as well as alternative sources for the purpose of conducting financial analyses of personal/business assets of targeted organizations/individuals.


The contractor shall 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.


ThecontractorshallprovideinvestigativesupporttotheGovernmentwithcoordinated planning to mitigate excessive risks in seizing targeted property. This includes assessing impacts on the local community. An example would be the seizure of an occupied apartment complex.

The contractor shall prepare documents and catalog case exhibits on the source and ownership of targeted properties.


The contractor shall perform analytical research to identify and record potential substitute assets.


The contractor shall 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.


The contractor shall 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.


The contractor shall provide courtroom testimony and depositions regarding their investigative analysis and identification of assets derived from specific unlawful activities.