Alexander Feres
Owings Mills,MD
Summary
Dedicated and experienced investigator with over fifteen years of experience planning, managing, and conducting complex missions and investigations. Currently a Senior Investigator with FINRA within the Office of Fraud Detection and Market Intelligence. Exhibiting strong qualifications in selfless service, public safety, and security relations. Excellent research and problem-solving skills with an enhanced ability to maintain strict confidentiality on sensitive information and intelligence. Confident public speaker with extensive experience conducting presentations across multiple disciplines. Established and long-standing reputation for strong work ethic and steadfast integrity.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Investigator
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
Rockville, Maryland
06.2018 - Current
- Perform detailed investigations of possible violations of federal securities laws and prepare summary reports with recommendations for regulatory action.
- Effectively complete investigations independently and actively participate in case discussions and meetings throughout the course of the investigation.
- Collaborate with legal counsel ensuring investigations are executed in a clearly defined framework.
- Perform an analysis of investor-related trading activities for indications of potential violations of federal securities laws.
- Conduct complex interviews, to include on-the-record testimony when applicable, of registered and associated persons, investors, and others relevant to the investigation.
- Draft clear and complete investigative reports and/or referrals summarizing the factual findings of investigations.
- Independently draft and execute high level requests for documentation and information pursuant to FINRA Rule 8210.
- Identify key documentation and evidence supporting FINRA Rule violations, and accurately and objectively communicate investigative findings.
Special Agent
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Baltimore, Maryland
11.2008 - 05.2018
- Conducted long-term complex criminal investigations involving drug trafficking organizations (DTO's), transnational street gangs, human smuggling/trafficking organizations, financial crime and money laundering organizations, and counter proliferation and technology criminal organizations.
- Expert-level knowledge of criminal money laundering and financial manipulation techniques utilized by criminal entities to include techniques aimed at concealing, converting, and ultimately gaining illicit currency from criminal activity.
- Substantial experience and firsthand knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and it's implications involving law enforcements' ability to combat money laundering activities utilizing reporting requirements (SAR's, CTR's, FBAR's, CMIR's) in efforts to establish federal statute Title 18, United States Code, Section 1956.
- Extensive knowledge and firsthand experience with the provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act granting authorization in several investigations conducted to seize various financial accounts with ties to international terrorism.
- Conducted investigations involving massive quantities of controlled substances entering the United States with ties to various states such as New York, Atlanta, Virginia, Florida, and Texas with ties to international DTO's and Cartels.
- Led and assisted in multiple multi-year Racketeering and Corrupt Organization (RICO) investigations involving the transnational street gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS) 13 in Maryland, Virginia, New York, and Washington D.C. with ties to El Salvador and Guatemala.
- Led and assisted in several investigations involving Title III Wire Intercepts while working in conjunction with local law enforcement and federal law enforcement officials resulting in the arrests and indictments of kingpin designated targets and other co-conspirators while seizing various properties and financial accounts identified in the investigation.
- Led, supervised, and managed multi-jurisdictional investigative teams of fifteen or more law enforcement professionals to include special agents from different agencies, task force officers from local law enforcement, and expert analysts assigned to assist in the investigation.
- Performed investigative techniques to include analysis of data and information; in-depth interviews with subjects of investigation, witnesses and cooperators; mobile surveillance of targets and subjects of interest, and continual analysis of legal statutes as the investigation continues and evolves.
- Conducted case presentations with local Assistant State Attorneys (ASA's) and federal Assistant United States Attorneys (AUSA's) in addition to the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) commission.
- Conducted countless investigative queries utilizing top secret, law enforcement, and open source databases involving financial accounts, financial movement, financial transactions, and analyzed various products from banking institutions to include SAR's, CTR's, financial accounts, and internal banking logs and records.
Deportation Officer
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Allenwood, Pennsylvania
08.2006 - 10.2008
- Worked and performed duties within a variety of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) mission agenda to include: Criminal Alien Program (CAP), Joint Criminal Alien Removal Team (JCART), and Fugitive Operations Team (Fug-Ops).
- Successfully maintained, managed, and investigated multiple cases involving violent individuals within the United States.
- Worked with other local law enforcement departments and federal law enforcement agencies to identify, locate, and apprehend criminal individuals in the United States.
- Presented multiple investigations for federal prosecution and worked closely with the District Attorney's Office during the entire legal proceedings.
- Testified under oath in criminal hearings, criminal court cases, and Grand Jury.
- Analyzed data, legal statutes, prepared complex investigative reports, and interviewed subjects and witnesses in pursuant of the investigation.
Residential Treatment Counselor
Villa Maria at St. Vincents School
Lutherville-Timonium, MD
02.2006 - 08.2006
- Direct supervision and assistance with social, behavioral, and physical needs of clients at the facility.
- Assist clients in the acquisition and enhancement of independent behavioral and coping skills based on a focused treatment program.
- Coordinated with psychologists and treatment teams to develop service plans, and utilize treatment techniques and interventions to assist clients, families, and significant others in achieving goals.
- Provided supervision, counseling, and direct care of clients in a group home setting teaching values, life skills and problem-solving skills.
Infantry Squad Leader
United States Army
Fayetteville, North Carolina
01.2002 - 01.2006
- Participated in three combat tours as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division in furtherance of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to combat terrorism.
- Served as an Infantry Squad Leader directly responsible for the control and actions of eight infantrymen.
- Participated in over one-hundred combat missions while deployed resulting in significant gains in intelligence and knowledge of enemy combatants.
- Coordinated, planned, and participated in numerous training operations and exercises to increase combat effectiveness and readiness.
- Organized, analyzed, and presented complex mission briefings and post-mission debriefs during training exercises and while deployed in combat.
- Enhanced ability to maintain focus, lead, and execute mission goals during heightened pressure and adverse situations.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD2001
Skills
- Proven leadership abilities
- Fully developed investigative knowledge
- Highly trained in tactics and techniques across platforms
- Self-motivated, focused and driven
- Dedicated team player
- Deadline and results-oriented
- Ethical and honest
- Highly analytical
- Excellent multi-tasking skills
- Great problem solving skills
- Excellent writing skills
- Comfortable public speaker
- Positive attitude
Accomplishments
- Successfully graduated from the eleven week Infantry Training Academy located at Fort Benning, Georgia.
- Successfully graduated from the three week Airborne Training Academy located at Fort Benning, Georgia.
- Awarded the Army Achievement Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and Army Service Ribbon.
- Awarded the National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal, and Iraqi Campaign Medal. Earned the Combat Infantry Badge and Expert Infantry Badge.
- Earned the rank of Sergeant (E5) in the United States Infantry. Honorably discharged on January 2006.
- Successfully graduated from the fourteen week Immigration and Customs Enforcement Academy located at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Glynco, Georgia.
- Successfully graduated from the six month Homeland Security Special Agent Academy at FLETC. Class President graduating first in class.
Hobbies
- Sports: I enjoy playing basketball and football and I'm a huge fan of the New York Yankees, Buffalo Bills, and New York Knicks.
- Exercise: I enjoy pushing myself physically and working out once a day. I'm also an avid runner.
- Martial Arts: I started practicing martial arts in the military and presently study Gunbukan Ninpo and Gracie Jui-Jitsu.
- Arts: I periodically sketch portraits and love to use prisma colored pencils.
- Reading: I enjoy reading non-fiction as well as fiction novels, favorite author being Stephen King.
Timeline
Senior Investigator
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority
06.2018 - Current
Special Agent
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
11.2008 - 05.2018
Deportation Officer
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement
08.2006 - 10.2008
Residential Treatment Counselor
Villa Maria at St. Vincents School
02.2006 - 08.2006
Infantry Squad Leader
United States Army
01.2002 - 01.2006
Bachelor of Science - Psychology
Morgan State University
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