Senior Investigator W. Grey Steed has more than 27 years experience in investigating white-collar crime and complex fraud. He joined Spinelli Corporation in 2002 after a 25-year career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), followed by two years as Director of Security and Risk Management at NOVA Information Systems.
Mr. Steed specializes in these professional investigations and services:
Criminal Investigation
White-Collar Crime, Fraud, Embezzlement
Complex Financial Crime
Corruption
Environmental
Mr. Steed was hired by the FBI in 1975. He specialized in such White Collar Crime, Fraud and Embezzlement matters as bank failure, corruption, telemarketing fraud, health care fraud and international wire fraud. He also spent 15 years as a member of the FBI SWAT Team and 12 years as a hostage negotiator.
After his tenure with the FBI, Mr. Steed accepted a position with NOVA Information Systems, based in Knoxville (TN). At NOVA, the nation's third largest credit card processor with more than 600,000 merchants and $210 billion in credit card sales, he developed a Special Investigations Unit that resolved more than 150 identity theft frauds that cost the company $1.2 million in losses.
While at NOVA, Mr. Steed also assisted the FBI in tracking the bin Laden network's financial transactions post-Sept. 11, and recently received a certificate of appreciation from the FBI for the successful resolution of an investigation into how credit card fraud has financed terrorist acts.
Mr. Steed earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting from Lambuth College (Jackson, TN) in 1974. After graduation, he worked as an auditor for Kraft Bros., Esseman, Harrell and Welby, a large Nashville public accounting firm, where he specialized in non-profits and in internal embezzlement.
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