Associate Fraud Investigator

About the role

IMPORTANT NOTE: CANDIDATES MUST BE PERMANENT IN THE ASSOCIATE FRAUD INVESTIGATOR CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OR PROVIDE PROOF OF FILING FOR ASSOCIATE FRAUD INVESTIGATOR EXAM NO. 6123 OR 6570 OR BE PERMANENT IN A COMPARABLE CIVIL SERVICE TITLE ELIGIBLE FOR A 6.1.9 TITLE CHANGE.

PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR EMPLOYEE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER (EIN) WHEN APPLYING AND INDICATE IN YOUR COVER LETTER YOUR PERMANENT CIVIL SERVICE TITLE OR PROVIDE YOUR PROOF OF FILING FOR EXAM NO 6123 OR 6570.

NYC Department of Finance (DOF) is responsible for administering the tax revenue laws of the city fairly, efficiently, and transparently to instill public confidence and encourage compliance while providing exceptional customer service.

DOF's Sheriff's Office serves and enforces court mandates, orders of protection, warrants, decrees, and property seizures. Additionally, the Sheriff's Office conducts criminal investigations of real property fraud, tax crimes, and the trafficking of illegal and untaxed tobacco products and synthetic narcotics, and monitors defendants referred by the courts for electronic monitoring.

Associate Fraud Investigators perform supervision and/or work of complex difficulty and responsibility in the investigations of fraud activities involving social benefit programs or tax laws. In the Department of Finance only, Associate Fraud Investigators may incidentally prepare and issue summonses for violations of vehicle parking laws, rules, and regulations. All Associate Fraud Investigators perform related work.

The Bureau of Criminal Investigations (BCI) unit enforces laws and regulations involving Real Property Fraud, untaxed tobacco products and Operation Padlock to Protect (OPTP). Through OPTP, the unit conducts inspections, tracks violations, and ensures businesses compliance. The BCI unit also manages case documentation, records, and correspondence.

The Criminal Investigations Bureau is seeking two (2) Associate Fraud Investigators. Reporting to the Supervising Investigator, the selected candidates' duties and responsibilities will include, but not be limited to the following:

• Maintain cooperative relationships and perform joint investigations of confidential matters with authorized representatives, from federal, state and other municipal agencies regarding investigative, legal and administrative issues and/or concerns.
• Perform in conjunction with law enforcement agencies at federal, state and local levels such as the Office of the Inspector General/Department of Investigation and other investigative and/or prosecutorial offices.
• Review case records, prepare reports and submit recommendations as to choices to be taken in certain investigative cases.
• Conduct preliminary and follow-up investigations of suspected fraud and financial crimes and deed fraud.
• Collect, analyze, and document evidence, including records, and other relevant data.
• Interview witnesses, suspects, and victims to gather information and build cases.
• Prepare detailed investigative reports and maintain accurate case files.
• Collaborate with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, as well as financial institutions and private sector organizations.
• Testify in court as needed to support the prosecution of fraud cases.
• Stay informed about current trends and techniques in fraud and financial crime investigation.
• Participate in training and professional development opportunities to enhance investigative skills and knowledge.

Additional Information

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.

This position may be eligible for remote work up to 2 days per week, pursuant to the Remote Work Pilot Program agreed between the City and the Collective Bargaining Unit representing employees serving in the civil service title.

This position will require employees to have access to Federal Tax Information (FTI) and is subject to an additional background investigation before appointment. The candidate(s) will be required to pass the FTI background investigation as a term and condition of employment.

Qualifications & Requirements

• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and five years of satisfactory, full-time experience, acquired within the United States in one or a combination of the following: performing investigations involving criminal and/or fraudulent activities; evaluating credit histories; searching for assets; and/or researching, compiling and/or locating evidence or information in order to build a case or uncover activities of criminal, corrupt, unlawful or unethical nature involving public or private funds, one year of which shall have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity; or
• An associate degree or 60 semester credits from an accredited college, including or supplemented by 12 semester credits from an accredited United States college in criminal justice, forensic science, police science, criminology, criminal justice administration and planning, and/or law or related field and three years of satisfactory, full-time experience as described in "1" above, one year of which shall have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity; or
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of satisfactory, full-time experience as described in "1" above, one year of which shall have been in a supervisory or administrative capacity; or
• Education and/or experience equivalent to "1", "2", or "3" above. However, all candidates must have a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and have one year of supervisory or administrative experience in the areas described in "1" above. Undergraduate college credit can be substituted for experience on the basis of 30 semester credits, from an accredited college, including or supplemented by 6 semester credits in the areas described in "2" above for one year of experience.