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Michael D. Wilson
Senior Executive Consultant
Mr. Wilson is a founding member
of Integrity Partners and served as the Managing Director of the Company until 2017. He
conducts a variety of internal corporate and financial fraud investigations
and develops and evaluates corporate compliance and business ethics programs.
Mr. Wilson also provides investigative advisory services including asset
tracing, advice and investigative support in all matters of fraud and abuse.
Mr. Wilson joined the private sector after a 26-year career with the Federal
Bureau of Investigation. In the private sector, Mr. Wilson led the Houston office Forensic
Practice at a Big Four accounting firm for over six years, and subsequently
for an international internal audit and consulting company. During his tenure
with the FBI, Mr. Wilson worked as an investigator, supervisor and senior
manager at some of the highest levels within the Bureau. Mr. Wilson's
exceptional investigative and administrative skills resulted in his
appointment to high FBI executive positions within the Federal Senior
Executive Service, including Special Agent in Charge of the San Antonio and
Houston Divisions and Deputy Assistant Director, Organized Crime and Drug
Sections of the Criminal Investigative Division at FBI headquarters in
Washington D.C. Mr. Wilson has extensive experience in complex white collar
crime investigations, including interstate and international theft and
embezzlement, asset location/recovery, corruption, commercial bribery, and
fraud and abuse involving health care, financial institutions and numerous
types of business and service entities, both public and private, including
public utilities, energy exploration, oil well services, and other
petrochemical companies. Mr. Wilson also has extensive experience in complex
organized crime issues including extortionate credit transactions, gaming,
and racketeer influenced and corrupt organizations.
Selected Engagement Experience
Vetted
proposed purchasers of $175 million in assets overseas for oil services
company, identifying fraudulent nature or insufficient capital of five of the
nine purchasers.? Client?s sale of the
assets closed without incident.
Investigated
and proved theft of tons of diesel fuel from chemical storage plant by plant
manager.? Plant manager was indicted
and plea deal for full restitution is pending.
Investigated
outsourced IT administration company employee?s theft of seismic data related
to well containing at least $54 million in reserves from oil and gas
exploration company?s computer network.?
Assisted client?s attorneys with civil litigation and presentation of
case for prosecution.
Led
the investigation of a Houston-based bank, in which over $40 million in loans
referred to bank by convicted bank felon were identified, as well as such
felon's silent interests in various business ventures funded by bank. Various
issues were referred to the Office of Thrift Supervision for prosecution.
Engaged
by the superintendent of one of the largest independent school districts in
the United States to
investigate numerous allegations of fraud and improprieties made against the School District. The investigation resulted in the
compilation of over 307 allegations of fraud, waste and impropriety, and
revealed multi-millions of dollars of potentially fraudulent payments to
District vendors and employees. Several apparent violations were referred to
appropriate law enforcement agencies.
Engaged
by a Fortune 1000 Construction/Utility company to determine the veracity of
several allegations made to its ethics hotline. Allegations primarily
pertained to possible use of assets and/or funds of a related entity for the
personal use of company executives and family members.
Led
complex international investigation in South America
involving a major airline food service operator and its dealings with several
major airlines. Issues involved pricing discrepancies exceeding the value of
$10 million and alleged collusion among executives.
Investigated
liability insurer's agent for issuing policies in violation of agent
agreement and underwriting criteria. Identified violations were used in
settlement negotiations.
Investigated
check diversion scheme committed by accounts payable clerk. Drafted report
for referral to prosecutor.
On
behalf of major national bank, managed an engagement involving the tracing of
$25 million in funds stolen through warehouse borrower's creation of
fictitious subprime mortgages. Identified funds and assets used for money
laundering, leading to recoveries for client.
On
behalf of a Houston-based hospitality company, investigated various
executives suspected of engaging in fraudulent activity. Identified
significant losses in inventory cost and uncovered systematic vendor scheme
involving kick-backs and insurance fraud issues.
Managed
a large project involving significant breaches in internal controls in
various departments of Native American casino, and the client's Tribal Gaming
Agency.
Identified
and quantified misappropriation from a multinational real estate management
client, resulting in indictment of one of the entity's property managers and
full restitution.
Conducted
diagnostic reviews of internal operations within Indian casinos throughout
the United States
that serve to minimize risk and /or promote compliance with the Indian Gaming
Regulatory Act of 1988.
Successful
management of numerous crisis situations including national complex white-
collar crime, organized crime/drug, and terrorist investigations.
Top
law enforcement officer in two major FBI offices who oversaw and coordinated
the policies, investigative priorities, resource allocation, strategic
planning, external liaison and training.
Extensive
experience in providing testimony before all levels of courts, including
testimony before Congress.
Management
of six multi-agency task forces to investigate the FBI's most significant
programs.
Education and Affiliations
Bachelor
of Arts, Psychology, California State University,
Hayward, California;
Graduate course study, Criminal Justice, University
of Virginia, 1975; Graduate course
study, Business Ethics, Bentley
College, 1997.
FBI
Training Academy,
Quantico, Virginia: Management Assessment Program,
Senior Executive Program, Terrorism-Nuclear Terrorism - Mid-East, Crisis
management, White-Collar - Public Corruption Crime, Organized Crime-Gaming
and numerous other specialized courses in management and investigations.
Affiliated with the International Association of Chiefs
of Police; Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI, Inc.; member of the
American Society for Industrial Security; member of the Greater Houston
Business Ethics Roundtable; member of the Association of Certified Fraud
Examiners -Austin, TX; former member, Board of Directors of Federal Executive
Board; former member, Board of Directors, University of Houston Criminal
Justice Center; Board of Directors, Crime Stoppers, Houston, TX; and former member,
Drug Policy Subcommittee, Governor's Drug Abuse Task Force, State of Texas.
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