John has over 20 years of experience as a federal criminal investigator with IRS Criminal Investigation. While there, he worked on a variety of criminal investigative matters, including tax, money laundering, Bank Secrecy Act, complex criminal/transnational organizations, and other federal offenses. As a federal special agent, John worked closely with the US Attorney’s Offices and other state and federal law enforcement agencies in the investigation and prosecution of complex federal crimes.

During his career with IRS, John was a Supervisory Special Agent in Oakland and Milwaukee, where he managed groups of special agents. Additionally, John was the IRS liaison to the DEA in Washington, DC on the DEA Counter Threat Team (CTT). This group identified and disseminated information of financial connections between individuals and businesses in America and the Mexican Cartels for further investigation in the field.

John also served as the Coordinator for the Suspicious Activity Report Review team in the Northern District of Ohio. This team identified and disseminated potential suspicious activity to investigators throughout Ohio for further investigation.

In his personal time, John enjoys sports and spending time with family. He has been a youth and high school basketball and baseball official for over 30 years.

Education

Ohio State University, Public Administration/Finance (M.P.A.)
Ohio State University, Sociology/Criminology (B.A.)