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Payment Systems in Romance Fraud Case Study
8:40 AM - 9:40 AM Mon
Jeremy Tendler began his government service in 1999, when he joined the United States Army as an Infantryman. He served in Bosnia, Iraq, and Korea, obtaining the rank of Sergeant before leaving the Army in 2005.
Jeremy worked for a short time at the Postal Service in Waterbury before being hired by the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation as a Compliance Support Assistant. Jeremy was promoted to Tax Fraud Investigative Assistant and pursued his education at the University of New Haven. In 2011, Jeremy graduated Magna Cum Laude from UNH with a bachelor’s degree in accounting. Upon earning his degree, Jeremy was elevated to the position of Special Agent with IRS-CI. He completed an initial six-month training regimen at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia before being assigned to the Boston Field Office.
Jeremy worked many high-impact cases with IRS-CI and earned the Chief’s Horizon Award along with several United States Attorney’s Awards. Jeremy was also assigned as the Boston Field Office Identity Theft Coordinator and Cybercrime Coordinator. Throughout this time, he frequently made use of information provided by financial institutions through their Bank Secrecy Act filings.
Jeremy served with IRS-CI until September of 2016 when he accepted the position as a Postal Inspector with the United States Postal Inspection Service. He currently serves as the Dark Web Coordinator for the Boston Division and is a nationally recognized subject matter expert with USPIS having worked several large-scale Dark Web narcotics investigations in addition to mail theft, identity theft, and violent crimes cases.
He has participated in the creation and delivery of Dark Web and Cryptocurrency training at the USPIS Academy in Potomac, Maryland as well as for the U.S. Department of Justice – Office of Overseas Prosecution Development and Training, and the U.S. Department of State.
Jeremy’s current assignment is to the Financial Crimes team, where he is focused on large scale mail theft and mail fraud investigations as well as violent crimes.