James
Abbott
Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) James Abbott is currently assigned to the Dallas - Fort Worth Field Office, where he supervises a squad focused on Financial Crimes. Prior to Dallas, Abbott was assigned to FBI Headquarters in the Money Laundering, Forfeiture & Bank Fraud Unit (MLFBU), a unit within the FBI’s Financial Crimes Section which focuses on combatting the money laundering threat. In this capacity, Abbott provided guidance to SSAs and Special Agents across FBI Field Offices who were working money laundering or Bank Fraud investigations. Abbott worked jointly with Transnational Organized Crime units, Cyber Crime units, as well as financial and private sector entities, to address the money laundering threat from a national perspective. Additionally, Abbott led multiple nationwide Money Mule initiatives, in which the FBI worked jointly with international and domestic Federal law enforcement agencies to interview money mules and disrupt established networks. Abbott has worked alongside or presented to international law enforcement and private sector audiences on a variety of financial crimes topics, in over ten countries.
Prior to MLFBU, Abbott was assigned to the Boston and Sacramento Field Offices. While in Boston, Abbott was a Special Agent assigned to the Boston Joint Terrorism Task Force and investigated international terrorism matters, terrorism financing and money laundering. In Sacramento, Abbott worked a variety of white-collar investigations, transnational organized crime investigations and drug/street gang investigations. Abbott has an MBA with a concentration in accounting degree and has obtained certification as a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and as a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).