Years Leading Teams
William Rondon
Miami,FL
Summary
Experienced and highly motivated Financial Crimes Investigator and Senior Leader with more than 22 years of leading and detecting global emerging financial fraud –as a result, becoming an expert at developing financial crimes intelligence, investigations, fraud scam typologies and risk management to include breaking down silos, prioritizing key concerns, and driving mitigation strategies.
Overview
12
12
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1
Foreign Language
22
22
Year Financial Crimes Investigations
3
3
AML Certificates
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
Certification
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), ACAMS
- Anti-Money Laundering Certified Associate (AMLCA), Financial & International Business Association
- Cryptocurrency Chainalysis Reactor Certification (CRC), Chainalysis
- Cryptocurrency Chainalysis Cryptocurrency Fundamentals Certification (CCFC), Chainalysis
- Chainalysis Risk & Regulation Training Certificate (CRRT), Chainalysis
- AnChain.AI Fundamentals of Web3
- AnChain.AI Fundamentals of Smart Contracts
- CompTIA A+
Work History
Director, International Operations
Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations
10.2021 - 12.2023
- Championed in leading global operations, strategy, and investigative activities of all staff assigned to run highly complex operations in Latin America, the Caribbean, Eastern Europe, and Asia.
- Led guidance to a global staff of nineteen employees, including Attachés, Program Managers, and Intelligence Analysts personnel located at US Embassies/Consulates, and domestically fostered an environment that promotes engagement, teamwork, and clear communication.
- Led global efforts to implement financial crime technical assistance and training programs focusing on financial crimes and using cryptocurrencies to strengthen critical foreign counterparts' capabilities.
- Influenced leaders to resolve complex challenges involving resources and targeted priorities to more effectively investigate and prosecute money laundering, tax evasion, and money laundering-related crimes.
- Engaged foreign governments in mutual agreements to exchange information and technical assistance to improve the efficient exchange of financial crime strategic leads.
- Spearheaded implementation, monitoring, and reporting of worldwide fraud risk assessments of financial crimes involving cryptocurrencies to influence executive leaders in decisions to maximize global resources to improve international support to domestic criminal investigations.
- Managed budget, including $300,000 of discretionary funds allocated by the U.S. Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture to implement a worldwide assessment project.
- Managed global policies and procedures to ensure the mission is accomplished effectively while meeting relevant deadlines. Prepare written appraisals on results of overseas operations and develop curriculum for financial crimes courses.
- Led efforts to implement and monitor a nationwide leadership succession plan implementation to fill upcoming personnel vacancies in foreign offices.
Chief of Staff
Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations
06.2020 - 10.2021
- Served as a technical consultant and advisor and participated with the senior leadership staff in making initial decisions, including developing broad policy and operational objectives, which required integrating and coordinating efforts and activities across organizational lines.
- Applied broad knowledge and other functional activities to reorganize the HQ. Maintained liaison with senior officials and staff of other IRS Business Units and the Office of the Associate Chief Counsel (Criminal Tax), allowing me to implement the Chief's priorities effectively.
Assistant Special Agent in Charge
Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations
01.2019 - 06.2020
- Excelled at high-level responsibilities such as planning, staffing, coordinating, and reviewing the work of Supervisory Special Agents, Special Agents, Task Force Officers, Investigative Analysts, and support staff engaged in conducting investigations of varying levels of difficulty and complexity.
- Performed periodic and comprehensive evaluations of field program goals, objectives, and performance, resulting in a strategic reorganization of personnel to address financial crime threats.
- Advised and assisted United States Attorneys, Department of Justice attorneys, IRS Counsel attorneys, and others concerning IRS-CI legal proceedings, investigative matters, and operational strategies.
- Served as an expert resource in detecting and disseminating financial crime trends through the Suspicious Review Team outreach program to financial compliance entities to improve their respective AML programs. Identified operational deficiencies in criminal investigative programs and initiated mitigation corrective actions and projects to improve operations.
Supervisory Special Agent
Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations
11.2014 - 01.2019
- Championed front-line managers' primary duties, such as planning, directing, and coordinating the work of a team of Task Force local detectives, Special Agents, Investigative Analysts, and support staff engaged in conducting investigations of varying levels of difficulty and complexity and federal criminal violations.
- Delivered training and technical assistance to IRS-CI nationwide task force officers to strengthen their capabilities to investigate, prosecute, and develop financial intelligence on money laundering and money laundering-related crimes, including best practices for using Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) in the investigations.
- Directed the implementation of a FinCEN Global Targeting Order to enforce emerging identity tax fraud crimes in South Florida, which resulted in a downturn in the use of Money Service Businesses to cash fraudulent checks associated with identity tax fraud crimes.
- Received a Chief of CI Award recognizing the innovative approach to enforcing emerging trends.
Special Agent, Country Attaché
Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations
06.2011 - 11.2014
- Deployed overseas to the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico, and served as the IRS-CI's chief representative in criminal matters to foreign law enforcement agencies and the U.S. law enforcement personnel located in the assigned region, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, and Belize.
- Provided expert advice concerning exchange agreements, using evidence from foreign countries to arrange enforcement activities, and gathered evidence for domestic criminal investigations.
- Facilitated the development of strategic partnerships and consensus with domestic and foreign counterparts.
- Developed curriculum for technical assistance, including forensics and emerging financial crimes trends, and delivery of training in Spanish to Mexican, Colombian, and Central American counterparts investigators, prosecutors, and financial analysts in how to conduct effective investigations and prosecutions of tax evasion, money laundering, and other financial crimes.
- Prepared written appraisals, monitored international technical assistance results, and reported to HQ business results.
- Secured funding from the Department of State, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) for developing and delivering training to foreign counterparts.
- Championed outreach of IRS-CI International Initiatives by presenting at vital global conferences, seminars, and other functions hosted by key anti-money laundering associations.
Forensic Computer Investigative Specialist
Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations
05.2009 - 06.2011
- Prepared detailed forensic computer specialist investigative reports and documentation of collected, processed, and analyzed evidence.
- Compiled and maintained records of evidence and results of forensic computer specialist tests.
- Utilized advanced computer forensic techniques to identify and analyze evidence.
- Gave official testimony in the grand jury, administrative, and open court hearings.
Special Agent
Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigations
08.2001 - 05.2009
- Planned and conducted complex financial investigations, including violations of tax evasion, money laundering, and the Bank Secrecy Act, including proceeds of illegal activities such as corruption, extortion, narcotics, and other fraud.
- Conducted investigations involving direct and indirect accounting methods of proof, in which the interrelationship of facts and evidence was complex to identify due to the utilization of nominees, holding companies, and the mixture of legal and illegal activities.
- Accomplished prosecution on a large Money Service Business that filed more than $132 million in false CTRs over two years on behalf of hundreds of construction companies. For this investigation, the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys awarded the Superior Litigation Team.
- Testified before the Grand and Petit Jury and in large-scale financial trials as a fact and summary witness. Completed seizures and forfeitures of assets connected to illegal proceeds. Conducted detailed trial and witness preparations with Assistant United States Attorneys.
Skills
- Developing Teams
- Delivering AML international technical assistance
- Bilingual— Fluency in Spanish
- Global financial crime emerging trends
- Suspicious Activity Report (“SAR”) Review
- Escalating events of unusual financial criminal activity
- Enhanced Due Diligence & Transaction Monitoring
- Blockchain, DeFi and Web3 analytics software
- Building teams
- Managing law enforcement
- Global Cryptocurrency trends risk assessments
- Multi-tasking and organizational priorities
- MS Office & Google Workplace products
Affiliations
- Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)
- Financial International Business Association (FIBA)
- Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association (FLEOA)
- CompTIA A+ (IT Technician) – Computing Technology Industry Association
Education
Pre/Basic /Advance Computer Evidence Recovery - Forensic Computer Specialist
Federal Law Enforcement Training
Glynco, Georgia2009
Criminal Investigator Training Program - Basic Special Agent Training
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
Glynco, Georgia2002
MBA - Accounting
Bayamón Central University
Bayamon, Puerto Rico12.1998
Bachelor of Science - Accounting
Bayamón Central University
Bayamon, Puerto Rico05.1996
Awards & Recognitions
- IRS Manager’s Award – 2003
- IRS Criminal Investigation Performance Awards – 2004-2022 (multiple years)
- Law Enforcement Officer of the Year Award - Southern District of Florida – 2008
- Executive Office for U.S. Attorney’s Director’s Award – Superior Litigation Team – 2009
- Chief’s Excellence Award – Recognized individuals who embodied outstanding strategic thinking, and leadership – 2015
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