ALIF RICHARDSON

Investigations

• Led end-to-end high-profile/complex investigations, including money laundering, embezzlement, financial crimes, contract fraud, elder finance abuse, ethics violations, etc.; provided expert witness court testimony as needed. • Conducted over 900 employee interviews, obtained over 380 employee admissions, and completed over 1,350 internal investigations in 7 years; considered a Subject Matter Expert in conducting interviews. • Aided in crafting investigative procedures for emerging trends such as Paycheck Protection Program fraud.

Training / Mentoring

• Developed comprehensive two-day Interview Training Program; traveled across the country to directly facilitate training to 131 investigative staff members. • Delivered training on updated interview best practices to 400 employees in 2022; served on focus group for assessing credibility training (delivered to over 500 employees). • Led risk-based consulting initiatives, assessments, and provided training and consulting services to 293 retail banking employees and various lines of business in one year.

Risk Management

• Managed high-priority cases within Special Investigations Group, addressing high reputational risk, legal, or regulatory concerns, which often included senior executives and complex, large-scale fraud scenarios.

• • Assessed staff cases for regulatory compliance, onboarded and trained new investigators, and managed tasks such as preparing case documentation, investigative reports, and filing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs). • Performed risk assessments and developed unique and effective action plans specific to the investigative task. • Served as liaison with law enforcement agencies and legal counsel; Performed root cause analyses while identifying control breakdowns and providing recommendations to mitigate risk. • Consistently achieved high-quality control metric reviews and performance ratings.

• Resolve indicators of fraud, perform audits, gather information, obtain written and recorded statements, interview witnesses, manage complex claim files, conduct background investigations.
• Train co-workers, served as subject matter expert for fraud training, cooperate with and make referrals to law enforcement agencies and the NICB (National Insurance Crime Bureau).
• Manage and collaborated with vendors regarding fire origin experts, accident reconstruction, etc. and conducting examinations under oath.
• Responsible for the investigation of various of insurance fraud including medical, life, automotive, property and application/underwriting misrepresentation.

• Investigative responsibilities included managing complex investigative files, gathering information, interviewing victims, witnesses and suspects, preparing investigative findings for court testimony.
• Securing arrest and search warrants, subpoena evidence for court proceedings and apprehending criminal offenders.
• Detective assignments included major financial crimes, special victims, fraud, robbery, homicide and internal affairs.

• Responded to 911 calls, conducted preliminary investigation of events, related to homicide, rape, robbery, fatal traffic accident, and death/bodies found.
• Evacuated areas endangered by explosive or toxic gases, liquids, or other spilled materials as well as buildings, vehicles and surrounding areas in response to bomb threats.
• Interviewed suspects, interview complainants, witnesses, etc., summarize in writing the statements of witnesses and complainants, and participated in raids and searches.
• Investigated Municipal Ordinance violations, issued Municipal Citations, participated in prosecutions of City cases, and educated citizens to control ordinance violations.
• Prepared reports, citations and summons necessary to charge individuals with violations of ordinances, statutes, and laws including petty, misdemeanor, and felonious offenses.