Joined the Investigations Division, Frauds Bureau in November, 2016. Currently investigate and litigate criminal cases alleging multiple types of fraud including financial fraud, embezzlement, healthcare fraud, real estate fraud, and fraudulent misappropriations from city and state agencies.Previously worked in the Trial Bureau, Grey Zone litigating misdemeanor cases and then in the Early Case Assessment Bureau.

Developed case theory, conducted motion practice and criminal court calendar appearances, negotiated plea agreements, and prepared evidence.

Assisted Complex Financial Instruments Unit in investigating broker-dealers suspected of churning, recommending unsuitable investments, and making false statements to their clients. Conducted legal research. Drafted legal memoranda. Performed financial analyses of client statements and broker-dealer trade blotters.

Assisted in trial preparation. Participated in interviews with witnesses and law enforcement agents. Attended proffers and hearings. Performed legal research and writing, including drafting memoranda, responses to habeas corpus petitions, responses to spoliation motions, Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty applications and orders, and jury instructions. Cases included white collar, narcotics, and health care fraud.

Provide analytical and risk management software for listed options and equities to banks, broker/dealers, proprietary trading firms, and investment management firms. Products include Valdi Risk Analytics (formerly MicroHedge – pre-trade analytics, post-trade risk management, volatility skew analysis, spread calculators, etc.) and Valdi Enterprise Risk Manager (ERM – portfolio-level post-trade risk management, volatility skew analysis, stress tests, P&L attribution analysis, etc.). The software is generally used by traders, head traders, and risk managers.Analyze all aspects of prospects' businesses, including current workflows, risk exposures, risk management procedures, traded instruments and strategies. Develop sales strategies. Cold-call and establish relationships with new and potential prospects, targeting traders, CFOs, COOs, head traders, and risk managers. Create effective PowerPoint presentations and demos. Communicate client requirements to implementation and custom development teams to ensure smooth deal transitions to the implementation phase. Negotiate contracts. Manage new accounts for six months after contract signing. Sales cycles for Valdi Risk Analytics typically last between one and six months, with pricing based on total number of users, and with typical revenue streams of $9K to $15K/annum. Sales cycles for Valdi ERM typically last between six months and one year, with pricing based on total number of users plus position sizes and data requirements, and with typical revenue streams of $50K to $100K/annum.

Provide analytical and risk management software for listed options and equities to banks, broker/dealers, proprietary trading firms, and investment management firms. Products include Valdi Risk Analytics (formerly MicroHedge – pre-trade analytics, post-trade risk management, volatility skew analysis, spread calculators, etc.) and Valdi Enterprise Risk Manager (ERM – portfolio-level post-trade risk management, volatility skew analysis, stress tests, P&L attribution analysis, etc.). The software is generally used by traders, head traders, and risk managers.Analyze all aspects of prospects' businesses, including current workflows, risk exposures, risk management procedures, traded instruments and strategies. Develop sales strategies. Cold-call and establish relationships with new and potential prospects, targeting traders, CFOs, COOs, head traders, and risk managers. Create effective PowerPoint presentations and demos. Communicate client requirements to implementation and custom development teams to ensure smooth deal transitions to the implementation phase. Negotiate contracts. Manage new accounts for six months after contract signing. Sales cycles for Valdi Risk Analytics typically last between one and six months, with pricing based on total number of users, and with typical revenue streams of $9K to $15K/annum. Sales cycles for Valdi ERM typically last between six months and one year, with pricing based on total number of users plus position sizes and data requirements, and with typical revenue streams of $50K to $100K/annum.

Support the trading desk and client advisors through accurate and timely confirmation and processing of multiple types of trades including domestic and foreign equities, equity programs, warrants, rights, options and other equity derivatives and structured products; fixed income and FX structured products; FOREX including trade-related FXs on foreign transactions; fixed incomes, municipal bonds, U.S. Govt. and agency bills, notes and bonds; mutual funds. Check DTC custody and clearing report for unaffirmed/unmatched trades with counterparties and investigate. Develop relationships with counterparties and internal CAs to further enhance quality and efficiency of support. Communicate with counterparties and follow up with back office to ensure settlement of transactions and resolve any trade disputes. Ensure that trading system is updated with the latest commission rates and trading fees for each counterparty. Investigate any trade-related internal reconciliation breaks. Gather and report on key performance statistics for trade support team, including number of breaks, trade failures, etc. Send monthly commission reports to trade desk. Assist client advisors with trade issues.

Provide trade support services to internal brokers and external customers. Execute and process money market mutual fund trades. Process commercial paper, government, municipal and corporate bond trades. Perform DTC and Fed custody reconciliations and settlements. Execute and process repurchase (repo) agreement transactions and maintain and monitor repo collateral portfolios. Settle with counterparty fund companies daily, wiring all purchases and distributing redemptions to client accounts. Report municipal bond trades to MSRB. Set up securities on SS&C TradeDesk system using information from Bloomberg. Receive and process orders from client banks for downstream fed funds transactions. Establish new accounts and update and maintain account files. Speedily research and resolve any breaks with fund companies. Balance, reconcile and settle with each fund at month-end. Process and distribute month-end dividends to money market fund customers. Prepare and send out month-end statements for money market fund, repo and fed funds customers. Prepare repo profitability report at month-end for reps and management.