Jeff Mitchell is an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Major Frauds Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles. Jeff regularly investigates and prosecutes Bank Secrecy Act violations, including the recent investigation into MGM Grand and The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas. Jeff was the lead prosecutor in negotiating the corporate non-prosecution agreements with the casinos, including revisions to their anti-money laundering program, a multi-million dollar fine, a monitor, and a lookback provision that required the casinos to review previously filed SARs and conduct additional due diligence.

In addition to AML investigations, Jeff regular prosecutes complex white-collar cases including securities fraud, corporate bribery, bank fraud, and tax violations. During the Covid pandemic, Jeff was selected to be one of the national coordinators for the Hoarding & Price Gouging Task Force where he worked with the Office of Deputy Attorney General to implement and enforce the Defense Production Act on price gouging investigations and prosecutions. Jeff is also the Procurement Collusion Strike Force Coordinator where he investigates, advises, and prosecutes criminal antitrust cases in conjunction with the US DOJ Antitrust Division.

Prior to his assignment in the Major Frauds Section, he was a Deputy Chief in the Violent & Organized Crime Section where he prosecuted some of the most significant organized crimes cases in the district. In 2020, the Department of Homeland Security honored Jeff with its Prosecutor of the Year award for an investigation into Armenian Organized Crime that led to criminal convictions of a police officer, federal agents from the FBI and Homeland Security, and a lawyer for bribery, bank fraud, obstruction of justice, and other offenses. Jeff has also received two Victim Rights Awards from the Department of Justice.

Prior to joining the US Attorney’s Office, he was a Trial Attorney in the Antitrust Division in Washington DC where he investigated civil matters related to anticompetitive conduct and reviewed mergers in the healthcare and consumer products industries. Jeff has bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Economics with a focus on Public Finance and Econometrics.

Jeff is frequently invited to speak on anti-money laundering compliance issues. Jeff was also a guest speaker on NBC’s American Greed to discuss a wire fraud case he previously prosecuted.