Mitchell Chosak

Experience

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  Shocket & Sender, CPAs

  Jan 1974 - Aug 1977

  Staff Accountant

  Performed certified audits and compilations of privately held companies, labor unions & benefit funds, and colleges. Performed field compliance audits of employers for painting and plastering industry labor unions. Prepared Federal & state tax returns. I was P/T from 1974 until college graduation in June 1976, then was F/T.

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  Buchbinder Stein Tunick and Platkin, CPAs

  Sept 1977 - Aug 1979

  Staff Accountant

  Performed certified audits of public & privately held companies, large national labor unions, pension & benefit funds. Also performed some compilations. Prepared Federal & state tax returns.

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  ITT Corp.

  Sept 1979 - Jul 1981

  Intermediate Accountant

  I worked in the Controller's Department perfforming consolidation of budgets, forecasts, financial analysis, and accounting software applications develpment

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  NYC Police Department

  Jul 1981 - Apr 2001

  Police Officer; Detective; Sergeant

  I served 20 years with NYPD as a Police Officer, Detective, and Sergeant. I performed patrol services, investigations, internal audits and administrative duties during my career. I specialized in financial investigations and forensic accounting for approximately 10 years.

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  PwC

  Apr 2001 - Oct 2005

  Manager

  I worked for PwC for the periods Apr 2001 - Oct 2005, and Feb 2007 to June 2011 performing financial investigations / forensic accounting / controls assessments for various business entities, in the Advisory Services practice. I left to serve as Assistant Security Director at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Hospital and Research Center in Nov 2005 but returned to PwC in Feb 2007. I am a CPA/ABV/CFF, CFE, CPP, CGFM

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  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  Oct 2005 - Jan 2007

  Assistant Security Director

  Conducted and coordinated confidential investigations; initiated arrests in several investigations, and testified in court proceedings. Supervised proprietary 90 person Security Guard force working in 10 buildings; consulted on security systems implementations and enhancements; planned and performed emergency preparedness; coordinated training and crime prevention programs; performed other administrative and management tasks at direction of Security Director.

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  PwC

  Feb 2007 - Jun 2011

  Manager

  I returned to PwC as a Manager in the Advisory Services Section as a financial investigator / Forensic accountant after my time at Memorial Sloan Kettering as Assistant Director of Security. I supervised and conducted various financial investigations including four in the banking and financial sector, and several others in various industries. I then left to work as a government contractor for FSA LLC.

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  FSA

  Jul 2011 - Feb 2022

  Senior Forfeiture Financial Specialist

  Conduct financial investigations, forensic accounting, asset searches, & business valuations in support of forfeiture proceedings as a U.S. Govt contractor.

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  Compass Point

  Mar 2022 - Feb 2024

  Senior Financial Specialist

  Continued work for U.S. Marshals Service, Asset Forfeiture Division - Complex Assets Unit performing business and intangible asset valuation, financial investigations, and forensic accounting. I was moved form my former position at FSA LLC to Compass Point, a WMBE enterprise sub-contractor, a requirement of the renewed FSA LLC contract.

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  Empire Valuation Consultants

  Feb 2024 - May 2024

  Senior Manager

  Business Valuations, Forensic Accounting, Litigation Support Services