David P. Weber

In Spring 2022, I am assisting the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists who are investigating the role of professionals in creating shell companies and secrecy for corrupt Russian government officials and Russian Kleptocrats, who are attempting to evade sanctions and law enforcement inquiries into their ill-gotten gains. I am serving as one of the ICIJ's consulting experts on the investigation. You can read one of the first stories published here: https://www.icij.org/investigations/pandora-papers/mordashov-pwc-russia-richest-offshore/

In Spring 2022, I served as the forensic accounting expert for the American Banker's investigation into Bank of America's violations of law and regulation for failing to prevent fraud in millions of debit card accounts created to receive pandemic assistance from state governments. You can read one of the stories here: https://www.americanbanker.com/news/federal-regulators-scrutinize-bofa-for-its-response-to-california-benefits-fraud

In Spring 2021, I served as the forensic accounting expert for a CBS News investigation into Bank of America's failures to prevent fraud in millions of unemployment benefits debit card accounts. The assistance included reviewing thousands of pages of BofA records for CBS News, as well as being interviewed on the Perdue School's campus as part of the investigation. You can watch the first of the interviews here: https://youtu.be/92fSMgxtXqo

In January 2021, I served as the consulting expert to the Associated Press in their coverage of the amendments to the USA PATRIOT ACT and the Bank Secrecy Act, the largest changes to US anti-money laundering law since at least 9/11. I was also quoted extensively in the stories, which were published in over 300 national and international news articles, one of which you can read here: https://apnews.com/article/business-miami-money-laundering-legislation-trump-investigations-1e6c527fafd9e5a7b56af1eff9d3247e

In Fall of 2020, I served as the forensic accounting expert for the Associated Press investigation into how the Venezuelan government circumvents global and US sanctions by use of a vast money laundering and trade financing scheme. Read more here: https://apnews.com/article/miami-asia-financial-markets-thailand-venezuela-33d7090b7a6b28cce840565b55da4785