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Meet the Principal  

Jeff Lampinski is a former FBI and corporate senior executive with over 40 years of experience in fraud investigations.

Global Security and Fraud Executive – Vanguard 

 

For 12 ​years, Jeff led Global Security and Fraud Operations for Vanguard, the world’s largest investment management and mutual fund company, with responsibility for the protection of its personnel, assets, reputation, and client assets of $5.1 trillion.  Jeff specialized in internal / external fraud, information security, and physical security risk assessments; fraud and cybercrime prevention, detection, and response; workplace threat assessment and response; travel risk management; and executive protection. 

 

He also led crisis management planning and response and related strategic planning, policy development and implementation as well as fraud and security training and awareness programs across 15 offices operating in 80 countries.

Education and Certifications 

 

Jeff is a former licensed Certified Public Accountant and Certified Information Systems Security Professional, and a current Certified Fraud Examiner.  He earned his undergraduate degrees from Bryant University with summa cum laude honors, and attended the Saint Joseph’s University Haub Business School as part of its MS in Financial Services program.  As an FBI senior executive, Jeff also earned graduate level certificates on Leading Strategic Change from the Kellogg School of Management, and Global Terrorism from the Police Scotland College, Kincardine Fife, Scotland.

 

Jeff is a former gubernatorial appointee to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council and the Pennsylvania Municipal Police Officers' Education & Training Commission.  

Jeffrey A. Lampinski, Certified Fraud Examiner

 

A retired FBI senior executive, corporate security officer, and former CPA, Jeff brings over forty years of accounting and criminal investigative experience to forensic accounting, internal/occupational fraud, sensitive HR and employment law matters, and due diligence investigations.  He is also deeply experienced in fraud risk management, financial services fraud prevention, detection, and response, fraud risk and controls, and fraud governance.  Compassion, competence, integrity, and discretion are his personal hallmarks. 

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Senior Executive – Federal Bureau of Investigation 

 

Jeff enjoyed a 25-year FBI career, retiring as the senior executive in charge of the Philadelphia Division of the FBI, its sixth largest field office. There he led Counter Terrorism, Counter Intelligence, Cyber Security, Public Corruption, Criminal Enterprise, Financial Crimes, Major Corporate Fraud, and Violent Crime investigations as well as physical and information security programs.  

 

Throughout his FBI career he held several positions including Special Agent in Charge of the Louisville Division, FBI Finance Division Assistant Director and Chief Financial Officer, Inspector-In-Charge of the 1996-1999 Campaign Finance Task Force, and others through assignments in Boston, Washington, Norfolk, New Orleans, Louisville, Philadelphia, and elsewhere. 

 

As an FBI Special Agent, Jeff specialized in white-collar crime / public corruption investigations, recording a multitude of convictions in the areas of financial institution fraud, bankruptcy fraud, bribery and corruption, economic extortion, false claims, mail and wire fraud, money laundering, and computer fraud and abuse.  He has extensive experience testifying before federal grand juries,  federal district court juries, as well as in civil matters and arbitration hearings.

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Criminal Tax / Public Accounting Experience

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Before joining the FBI, Jeff led criminal tax evasion and tax-money laundering investigations as an IRS Criminal Division special agent in New Orleans, LA.  He also enjoyed audit and public accounting practice in Providence, RI with the former Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Company, today known as KPMG.

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Jeff is an active member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners. 

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