E-mail Address:Roman Z. Matatov,

I am presently a Special Investigator assigned to a County Attorney’s Office.  Prior to this assignment, I was a New York City Detective assigned to various fraud squads.  I consider my service with the New York City Police Department one of my major accomplishments in life.  Upon my retirement from the NYPD, I entered the Insurance and Banking Industries.  There I specialized as an investigator, auditor and underwriter.  Additionally, I was a training resource providing instruction in risk avoidance.  Throughout the years, I have augmented my career by completing post graduate work and attained my Master degree in Public Administration. 

I was born and reared in New York City as the youngest of five children.  I have raised and educated my own three children, all of whom hold college degrees, in New York State.  They are, for me, a beacon of hope for the future.

E-mail Address: Ernesto A. Castillo

Mr. Blass is the President and founder of Alan I. Blass, CPA, CFE, PC .www.alanblass.comThe firm’s practice area includes Forensic Accounting & Litigation Support Services. Alan specializes in Business Disputes, Construction Matters, Insurance Claims, Matrimonial Litigation and Governmental Investigations.     

Mr. Blass has over 25 years of experience in Forensic Accounting.  He has served as Deputy Chief Investigative Auditor for the New York City Dept. of Investigation. He has spent the last 15 years managing and performing Forensic Accounting engagements for prominent consulting groups, including Kroll Associates and Anchin Block and Anchin. 

Alan’s most important cases include monitorships of the Deconstruction of the World Trade Center, the Construction of Grand Central Station and an investigation of the use of New York City funding by the Salvation Army.

He has lectured before attorneys, corporate executives, government officials and CPA’s on topics including Financial Statement Fraud, Construction Liens and Matrimonial Litigation. He has also written several articles for the New York Law Journal., including “To Find A Fraud Find A Frauditor” and “Ten Common Errors in Business Valuations”.    

Alan has been a CPA since 1988 and a CFE since 1992.

E-mail Address: Alan Ira Blass,

Ms Webster is a CFE and a licensed Private Investigator.  She most recently was Vice President of Investigations at Interfor Inc, a corporate security firm in mid-town Manhattan, where she oversaw international asset recovery investigations and supervised day-to-day operations of in-house and external investigators.  Prior to that she gave backstage tours at the Metropolitan Opera, was an internal auditor at the privately held conglomerate, J.M. Huber Corp., in Edison, NJ and got her start as an auditor with Deloitte Haskins & Sells in 1978.  She earned a B.S. in Accounting from the University of Houston-Clear Lake and also holds a certificate in Forensic Accounting from New York University.

 Cindy resides in Manhattan and is currently a board member of the Purple Heart Injury Lab (PHIL).  Cindy raised a family on an island off the coast of Charleston, SC and was active as an officer and board member of various Charleston organizations.  In 1988, the Governor of SC appointed her to the SC Children’s Trust Fund and she served two terms as a board member.  She received a Doctor of Humane Letters from the Medical University of South Carolina in 1989.

E-mail Address: Cynthia "Cindy" Webster

Kristen M.BertucelliCFE,CFCI
Treasurer

Ms. Bertucelli is an Assistant Vice President-Senior Fraud Investigator for Commerce Bank.  Ms. Bertucelli has previously worked as a branch manager and as an internal auditor in the banking industry.  Ms. Bertucelli is both a Certified Fraud Examiner and a Certified Financial Crimes Investigator.  Ms. Bertucelli is a member of various fraud organizations including the New York External Fraud Committee and the International Association of Financial Crimes Investigators.

E-mail Address:  Kristen M.Bertucelli

Carol L. Moretti, CPA,CFE,CVA
Recording Secretary

Carol Moretti brings relevant, real world expertise across a range of assignments - including matrimonial and commercial litigation, forensic accounting, business consulting and business valuation engagements. Throughout her career Carol has assumed a high level of responsibility with various engagements, most recently in the field of forensic accounting and business consulting. Her background in financial services, including over 18 years experience in private banking, enables her to add additional value to client engagements. After working as a CPA specializing in the taxation of high-net worth individuals at a Big Four public accounting firm, Ms. Moretti went on to manage the tax services department for a large private bank in New York City. Her experience also includes project management and product development in connection with mutual funds, as well as risk and control responsibilities within the investment management and finance areas for the same institution.         

E-mail Address: Carol L. Moretti

Linda Silvestri, CFE
Corresponding Secretary

Ms Silvestri, a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), is a Manager in the New York office of Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP (Deloitte FAS) in the Forensic & Dispute Services practice. She assists financial services clients in dispute and forensic investigations as well as other consulting matters. Her most recent project was a forensic investigation involving the liquidation of a major broker dealer.               

Ms Silvestri joined Deloitte FAS in 2005 after working for a forensic accounting firm specializing in bankruptcy and litigation support.

Ms Silvestri graduated from Pace University, Lubin School of Business with an MBA in Finance and a BS in accounting from Marymount Manhattan College.

She is a member of the following organizations:  

New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants (NYSSCPA) – member since 2002      

NYSSCPA – Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Committee                                                            

E-mail Address: Linda Silvestri

Mary Vavruska has been a CFE since 1990, when she also was a founding member of the NYC chapter of ACFE. She was a Vice President of Equitable companies in charge of Internal Control Evaluations in the Internal Audit Department. She is now President and CEO of TCE Systems, Inc. a telecommunications company based in Astoria, Queens. She is Historian of the NYC Chapter ACFE. She is Associate Treasurer of the Queens Chamber of Commerce and serves on its Executive Committee. She also chairs its Information Technology Committee. She was the domain expert for an artificial intelligence project to assess the risk of non-audit.

E-mail Address: Mary Vavruska

Bruce H. Hulme, CFE, is a past president of the National Council of Investigation and Security Services (NCISS) and of the Associated Licensed Detectives of New York State (ALDONYS). He is also chairman of, or liaison to, several professional association legislative committees representing licensed private investigators, security professionals and certified fraud examiners. He serves as a member of the executive board as legislative liaison of the New York Chapter of Certified Fraud Examiners, and has lectured extensively at seminars presented by the profession’s leading associations. Mr. Hulme assisted in drafting a provision of the federal Drivers Privacy Protection Act of 1994, with respect to obtaining access for licensed private investigators and security firms. He testified before the Federal Trade Commission on behalf of the private investigation industry’s position on consumer information privacy. His participation helped create the record that formed the basis of the FTC’s analysis of computer database services. He has testified before Congressional committee hearings including the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services on Identity Theft and Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Implementation and the House Committee on Ways and Means with respect to privacy issues. He was appointed by Governor George E. Pataki to serve as a member of the New York State Security Guard Advisory Council, and is an advisory board member of John Jay College of Criminal Justice. Mr. Hulme is president of Special Investigations, Inc., in New York City.          

E-mail Address: Bruce Hulme,

Mike Jaeger is an Assistant Inspector General at the Office of the Inspector General, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, State of New York, in charge of the Financial Investigations Unit.  Mike has a BS in Public Accounting from the University at Albany, and is a Certified Public Accountant, a Certified Fraud Examiner, and a Certified Inspector General He has been among other things, Deputy Chief Auditor with the NYS Attorney General’s office, Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, a Director at Decision Strategies, and a Managing Director at Kroll Associates.

E-mail Address: Michael C. Jaeger

Mr. Barreto is a Vice President and Investigation Manager in the Corporate Security Department at Bank of America. He is the former Chairman of the New York External Fraud Committee and a member of various security associations including the American Society for Industrial Security and the International Association of Financial Crime Investigators.                                                                                                                                                 E-mail Address: Noel Barreto

BarryM.DeFoe,CFE                    Member-at-Large

 

Mr. DeFoe is a Director with Thacher Associates, a corporate investigations and integrity risk management firm. Previously he was a Senior Investigator and Coordinator of IPSIG Services with the New York State Organized Crime Task Force.

E-mail Address: BarryM.DeFoe

Donna Karp is a Licensed Private Investigator and a Field Inspector with Labor Law Compliance at the New York City School Construction Authority. Ms Karp is a Past President of the Long Island Chapter of The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners and the Treasurer of the Society of Professional Investigators.                                                   

Email: Donna Karp

He is Director of Labor Law Compliance for the NYC School Construction Authority, the agency that builds and manages the construction and renovation of New York City's public school buildings. He is also Adjunct Professor at the Harry Van Arsdale, Jr., Center for Labor Studies, Empire State S.U.NY.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                E-mail Address: Steven R. Levine,

Anthony J. Luizzo, PhD,CFE President Emeritus                Member-at-Large

Mr. Matula, is President of  John F. Matula Investigations which specializes in criminal, civil, matrimonial, due diligence asset and pre-employment background investigations.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                E-mail Address: John F. Matula

Mr. Melucci is a licensed Private Investigator in NY and NJ and is the President of E.E.D.Co,Inc specializing  in Counter-Surveillance.

Mr. Melucci - is the Past President of the “Associated Licensed Detectives of New York State”, Past President of the “New York Chapter of Certified Fraud Examiners”, Past President of the “Society Of Professional Investigators” , Regional Vice President of the Institute Of Security & Safety Management, Member of  “The Former Intelligence Officers Assoc.”, and was appointed by Governor Pataki to his “Security Guard Advisory Council". 

Mr. Melucci - has been a special guest on the “Alan B. Colmbs, P.M. Magazine, Wall Street Journal, and Discovery Channel, TV shows and has been featured in “Discover”, “Venture”, “Mirabella” and “Peter Mondheiser” Magazines - (Germany). He has also been featured in “Newsday”, “The NY. Times”, and “The NY. Daily News”.

E-mail Address: Ranier A. Melucci,

Mr. Reilly is the President of The Reilly International Group Ltd., a licensed investigative consulting firm offering corporate and individual client certainty through intelligence, investigative, and risk assessment services in civil and criminal investigations, international asset recoveries, and anti-money laundering audits.  As a specialist in financial investigations and litigation support, Mr. Reilly has successfully conducted sensitive corporate financial due diligence inquiries exposing fraud and corruption and enabling clients to evaluate losses, recover assets, avoid damaging  publicity, and prevent future frauds.            

Previously, he was a co-founder of Decision Strategies International, the world’s largest independent consultant investigative firm, where he managed numerous corporate and environmental investigations for the legal, business, and insurance communities. Mr. Reilly, is a former U.S. Postal Inspector, who investigated business and securities fraud, organized crime, narcotics trafficking, and official corruption.

E-mail Address: Thomas J. Reilly

Mr. Semaria is a former IRS agent, and President of Semaria Fraud Consultants, is a graduate of Long Island University. He began his professional career in taxation and fraud as an Internal Revenue Agent examining all types of individuals and companies. Special assignments and expertise included the Strike Force (Organized Crime), Medicaid Fraud, sensitive cases and undercover work with the Inspection Division of the IRS, and cases involving bribery of Internal Revenue Agents.

Mr. Semaria is a self-employed certified fraud examiner, forensic accountant, certified security consultant and tax consultant. Since 9/11, he has had special training by the New York City Police Department in terrorism and has achieved the status as a Certified Homeland Security, Level 3 by the American College of Forensic Examiners International. 

Mr. Semaria has expertise in reviewing office procedures, including fraud investigation, detection and prevention, including the installation of fraud prevention security systems. He specializes in employee and executive embezzlement. He is an expert in the field of Identity Theft and preparation for Internal Revenue Examinations. He provides investigative fraud accounting services, including computer & video forensics  involving embezzlement, asset searches, divorces, fraudulent accounting and bookkeeping practices. 

Some of his cases have included check forging, purchasing of gold bars by people involved with the Taliban and Al Qaeda, identity theft, discovery of embezzlement by third parties, ponzi schemes, payroll embezzlement,  money laundering, and investigating corrupt accountants.                     

E-mail Address: Ronald Semaria

Mr. Sulner, an internationally renown Forensic Document Examiner, is a former N.Y. State prosecutor.  His publications include The Role of the Forensic Document Examiner in Medical Malpractice Cases published by the NYS Bar Association and A Brief Overview of Forensic Document Examination published by the NJ Institute of Continuing Legal Education.  Mr. Sulner is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Examiners, and a member of the American Society for Testing and Materials, the Society of Medical Jurisprudence, and the National District Attorneys Association.

E-mail Address: Andrew Sulner

RONALD SEMARIA, CFE,DABFE,FACFEI,CSC,CHS-III
1408 East 66 Street, Brooklyn, NY 11234
Phone: (718)531-1105
E-Mail: info@nycfe.org Internet: http://www.nycfe.org