Financial Investor Fraud Unit
Established in 2010, Financial Investor Fraud Unit (FIFU) provides a government-wide multisource financial intelligence and analysis network. The organization’s operation was broadened to include regulatory responsibilities for administering the Bank Secrecy Act, one of the nation’s most potent weapons for preventing corruption of the U.S. financial system.
Financial data collected by the Financial Investor Fraud Unit from financial institutions under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), has proven to be of significant value in investigations of money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes committed by law enforcement agencies. When combined with other data collected by the intelligence and law enforcement communities, FIFU data helps investigators connect the dots in their investigations by allowing more complete identification of subjects. symbol corresponding to information such as personal information; previously unknown address; businesses and individual associations; banking model; travel habits; and communication methods.
FIFU researches and analyzes this and other forms of critical information to assist in financial crime investigations. The ability to connect to various databases provides FIFU with one of the largest repositories of information available to law enforcement agencies nationwide. Protecting the privacy of the data an agency collects is a primary responsibility of the agency and its employees, a responsibility that permeates all of he agency’s data management functions and, in fact, all agency activities.
Who we are
The Financial Investor Fraud Unit represents individuals, groups of individuals and public authorities at a national level. Our organization focuses on discrimination, retaliation and harassment in the workplace; wage and hour violations; whistleblower/qui tam cases (including prosecution of whistleblower cases by the SEC); Financial services litigation (focusing on ERISA issues); and criminal prosecution/sexual violence. The organization also excels in litigation and advocacy, including firm efforts nationwide on behalf of more than 70 cities and counties to pursue claims related to the opioid epidemic, as well as other sex trafficking cases, litigation and criminal justice reform efforts.
Additionally, we are a public benefit organization dedicated to serving the community, including employment and plaintiffs. We also advise entrepreneurs, businesses and startups on regulatory compliance.
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