Bill Waldie

Bill Waldie, a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations, LLC in New York, has over 30 years of global professional experience specializing in sophisticated internal corporate investigations, anti-corruption and FCPA, fraud and embezzlement, money laundering, and forensic accounting investigations. Mr. Waldie has served as an expert advisor to the court appointed Examiner in connection with the Firestar Diamond bankruptcy filing and investigated US debtors to determine the extent of their involvement in an alleged $2 billion global fraud scheme. He was also the expert advisor to the Examiner in connection with the Samuels Jewelers investigation regarding an alleged multi-billion-dollar international fraud. Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Waldie was a Director with a Big 4 accounting firm, where he spent five years leading global forensic investigations involving bribes and kickbacks, FCPA violations, embezzlement, asset misappropriation, cyber intrusion, money laundering, workplace violence, and complex fraud schemes. He also led investigations and projects which focused on compliance, physical security, asset tracing, targeted and complex due diligence, third party risk assessments, and global due diligence program development and implementation. Mr. Waldie has extensive anti- corruption experience and has led FCPA program assessments and global investigations for several large corporations. Mr. Waldie is also a highly decorated retired FBI Special Agent and experienced senior federal criminal investigations leader, who held a Top-Secret SCI clearance during his nearly 24-year career with the FBI. He has extensive global federal law enforcement experience managing and investigating complex criminal cases to include; money laundering, public corruption, FCPA, healthcare fraud, Ponzi schemes, piracy, counterfeiting, bank fraud, mortgage fraud, violent crime, terrorism and intellectual property rights violations. While with the FBI, he was the lead case agent and multi-agency task force leader responsible for managing personnel and overall investigative strategy in connection with a major bank fraud, public corruption, international money laundering and human organ trafficking investigation entitled Operation Bid-Rig. The investigation resulted in the disruption of a massive international money laundering ring and the dismantling of a $400 million Ponzi scheme. The investigation also led to the disruption of an international human organ trafficking ring resulting in the first human organ trafficking conviction in United States history. Over 90 targets were charged and millions in cash was forfeited. The investigation received substantial international media attention, was featured on the television series American Greed and is the subject of the book The Jersey Sting. Mr. Waldie is a graduate of Rider University earning a BSA degree and is a CPA, CFE and CGMA. He is a trained law enforcement instructor who lectured throughout the U.S., Caribbean, and Middle East while with the FBI. He has also lectured at numerous corporations and universities covering fraud, money laundering, FCPA, compliance, anti-bribery anti-corruption, active shooter, investigative interviewing, and other forensic topics.