A Little About Me
I am a retired Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation. I have spent over 20 years investigating frauds and scams: romance fraud, computer intrusion, stolen tax refunds, online gambling, foreign currency scams, fraud against the government, business email compromise, sweepstakes scams, and economic espionage. After my career with the FBI, and a little bit of traveling, I took a job as an Investigator with the United States Attorney’s Office for a year and a half.
My career afforded me the opportunity to travel to Lagos, Nigeria and work with the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. Working along-side EFCC Investigators provided insight into the scope of how numerous frauds impact people around the world.
I have a background in electronics as well as computer programming, and in my prior career I worked as an electronic technician prior to moving into software development.
What I Care About
During my career I’ve interviewed too many individuals who were the victim of some type of fraud resulting in the loss of a significant amount of their life savings. In cases of romance fraud, the more people I spoke with the more I came to realize that their loss was not only financial but had an emotional toll as well as they dealt with the loss of their life savings as well as with the loss of a relationship that was real to them.
I have a particular interest in education and awareness of romance fraud and the scams that go along with that type of fraud. I am interested in educating people on what to be aware of, what they can do to protect themselves, and help people be in a better position to help themselves and those they care about.