Mr. McSwain is a CPA with over 30 years of investigative experience. Mr. McSwain specializes in regulatory and corporate investigations in several industry sectors including Health Care, Financial Services and Energy industry. Prior to joining the Crowe FAS team, Mr. McSwain spent more than 21 years as a Special Agent and Supervisory Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). During his career with the FBI, he conducted numerous complex white collar investigations specializing in the areas of Public Corruption, Healthcare Fraud, and Financial Institution Fraud.

Lead forensic accounting, discovery and internal investigations.

Provided broad financial and investigatory services to numerous law firms and Fortune 500 businesses in a wide range of forensic investigative matters including:• Managed and directed an investigation of corporate fraud and revenue recognition issues for a Fortune 500 Company’s Japanese division consisting of electronic evidence collection and review, interviews with company executives and analysis of potential fraudulent transactions• Managed and directed investigations relating to financial statement and financial reporting improprieties including misstatements and restatements• Managed and directed an investigation of alleged vendor kickbacks and inappropriate relationships with suppliers at the Malaysian operations of Fortune 500 Company. The investigation included examination of accounting records, interviews with company and vendor personnel and testing of internal control procedures• Managed and directed investigations into fraud, waste and abuse involving capital projects • Following the theft of finished goods, managed and directed the review of a Fortune 500 company’s internal control polices which involved the movement of goods between shipping points• Managed a sub-team of Deloitte world-wide professionals in connection with a Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) engagement. This engagement focused on one major division of a major global corporation who had been implicated in possible violations of the FCPA through the improper use of business consultants.

John spent more than 21 years as a Special Agent, Supervisory Special Agent and Acting Special Agent in Charge with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). As the Acting Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Dallas Field Division, John oversaw all Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence investigations. As a Supervisory Special Agent he led and coordinated casework for 85 Special Agents and Task Force Officers conducting forensic accounting analysis involving Counterterrorism matters. As a Special Agent, John has over 14 years’ experience investigating white collar criminal matters including, several related to high profile public officials, public municipalities and corporate executives involved in bribery, kickbacks and money laundering. John has been directly involved in a number of high profile terrorism investigations including the Oklahoma City bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, Atlanta Olympic bombing, bombing attacks on U.S. Embassies in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzanian and Nairobi, Kenya and the bombing of the U.S.S. Cole. Following the September 11 attacks, John traveled to New York City where he assisted in setting up recovery efforts for the FBI. John then was assigned as the FBI representative in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and then Amman, Jordan where John worked closely with other U.S. Government officials and the Saudi and Jordanian governments on terrorism matters.In these investigations, John directed and initiated investigative strategies to analyze voluminous amounts of contracts, correspondence, emails and financial records. These investigations were successful in identifying pertinent records to show intent, fraud, or collusion. In addition to his investigative and supervisory responsibilities, John also served on the Dallas FBI SWAT team and was a certified bomb technician.