Frank Gasper

Experience

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  United States Marine Corps

  Jun 1983 - Sept 2011

  Lieutenant Colonel (Active Duty 1983-1987 and 1990-1991; Reserve 1987-2011)

  Served in a variety of combat and support functions: • Company Commander of 170 Marines; responsible for training, readiness, and morale. • Executive Officer of Light Armored Infantry Company in Kuwait during Desert Storm. Commanded unit movement and coordinated air strikes and artillery fire to support company during combat operations.• Member of Marine Corps Public Affairs mobile training unit tasked with training unit commanders in media relations and interviewing techniques. • Cryptographic Communication Security Officer in the Far East. Show less

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  Office of the District Attorney of Queens County

  Aug 1991 - Dec 1995

  Assistant District Attorney

  • Managed criminal prosecutions for serious assaults, narcotics, robbery, forgery and arson. • Conducted four jury trials and more than a hundred court hearings, prepared witnesses, drafted memoranda, motions and other court papers along with document review and analysis.• Managed investigations by preparing and evaluating cases, formulating plea offers, conducting plea negotiations and obtaining guilty pleas. Also drafted criminal complaints, arraigned defendants and presented charges to the grand jury for consideration. Show less

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  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

  Mar 1996 - Mar 2021

  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 1995-presentFEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Special Agent – White Collar Crime, Public Corruption, and Indian Country Crime Bismarck, ND (2010 – Present)• Led international multiagency investigative team of fraud operations in Jamaica, Costa Rica, Canada and Israel. Investigation secured 35 indictments and convictions for money laundering, mail fraud and wire fraud, making it the biggest case of its kind in US history. Used FTK to net the first conviction in US history of a lead list provider.• Initiated computer intrusion cyber security investigation targeting businesses, law firms and local governments uncovering more than $5 million fraud; arrested 3 and indicted 1of co-conspirators.• Led investigation of an $11 million bank fraud that was committed by a Vice-President and three co-conspirators. VP was sentenced to jail time and monetary restitution. • Investigated and prosecuted a $2 million bank embezzlement and mineral rights scheme perpetrated by the head of a bank Trust department on elderly rural victims; convictions resulted in jail terms for this bank official and two co-conspiring family members.• Headed public corruption case involving a housing construction contractor who bribed employees and elected officials of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Secured convictions of one tribal employee, one contractor, and three elected tribal officials.• Secured conviction of the CFO of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe for embezzlement of US government and tribal funds for personal use. Show less • Investigated a highly volatile multinational investment fraud case of $20 million that morphed during the course of 16 years from Russian spot oil sales, to diamond mines in the Congo, to clean water and waste renewal in both France and the US. Obtained vital evidence from FTK for outcome of case. Of two primary subjects, one pleaded guilty and the other committed suicide. • Assisted IRS with tax fraud investigation of restaurant franchise with 35 locations. In this process, uncovered an $18 million bank fraud and secured convictions of CEO of the Central Credit Union and five co-conspirator borrowers (via two separate trials and three pleas).• Initiated government fraud investigation of two contractors for US Air Force who received kickbacks from Iraqi construction firms and then laundered the money through a Lebanese bank.• Conducted investigation of the owner of a national speaker’s bureau who defrauded 50 famous celebrity clients and three institutions (a library and two colleges). Prepared case for trial, after which subject was convicted of sixty mail fraud counts and served five years in prison.• Investigated IBM-authorized retailer who developed scheme for using credit program to defraud IBM of millions of dollars. Subject submitted highly inflated invoicing to secure additional financing for his customers from IBM. Subject was convicted after trial and served five years. • Worked in undercover capacity for 18 months to provide support for a variety of extremely sensitive criminal and national security investigations.• Led investigation of Bonnano Crew organized crime activity, including murder, robbery, racketeering, loan sharking, gambling, drugs and car theft. Additionally, investigated their white-collar crimes: forgery, securities fraud and bankruptcy fraud. • In all investigations, worked with law enforcement teams to secure intelligence from diverse sources: witnesses, confidential informants, wiretaps, databases, and surveillance. Show less

  • Special Agent – White Collar Crime, Public Corruption, and Indian Country Crime

    Feb 2010 - Mar 2021

  • Special Agent – White Collar Crime, Undercover, Organized Crime

    Mar 1996 - Feb 2010
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  Gasper Investigations, LLC

  Mar 2021 - now

  Founder

  Private investigation firm specializing in fraud, trial preparation and employee malfeasance.