61st Anniversary edition | September 28, 2017

INSIDE THIS SPECIAL EDITION:

Program 2 PC O’Neill 3 SPIONLINE

Dr. John Howard 4 NPDF 5

Mitchell R. Weiss 6 Mary Ann and Joseph Mattone 7

Cpt. Florent Groberg 8 Lt. Det. Petrosino 9 Association Singer Emy Cee 12 Blue On Blue 2017 Appreciation 10 Award: CWVA Constantinople & 11 Celebrating the 61th Dinner of the Vallone Consulting CWVA 11 Singer Emy Cee 12 Society of Professional Investigators honoring: Scotland Yard trip 12 Book: Blue On Blue 13 Upcoming dinners 14 Investors Bank 15 Serving By Irving 16 SPI challenge coins 16 SPI, a unique group 17 Charles-Eric Gordon 18 Forlini’s Restaurant 18 AAPLE 19 Mount Sinai Health 20 ALDONYS 21 Meet the SPI Board 22 McCann Enterprises 23 Dr. John Howard NY ACFE 24 Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; Michael Ricatto 25 Program Administrator of the WTC Health Program Prolective Solutions 25 2017 SPI DISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD. Kathy Ryan 25 Britsh-American 26 Mitchell R. Weiss Consultants Liaison to First Deputy Commissioner/ Chief of Department, NYPD Serena Xu-Ning 26 2017 SPI LIAISON AWARD. Flushing Savings 27 Membership 28 U.S. Army Retired Capt. Florent Groberg, recipient Barry Lites, Esq. 31 2017 SPI HONOR AWARD.

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6:00 p.m.—6:45 p.m. Cocktails

7:00 p.m.—7: 15 p.m Opening Ceremony, Steven Levine, SPI Board Member Joint Military Services Uniform Color Guard NYPD Emerald Society Fife and Drum; National Anthem sung by Ms. Emy Cee

7:15 p.m.– 7:45 p.m. Award Presentations Bruce Sackman, President, SPI

2017 SPI Honor Award: U.S. Army Ret. Capt. Florent Groberg Medal of honor recipient

2017 SPI Appreciation Award: Combat Wounded Veterans of America

2017 SPI Distinguished Career Award: Dr. John Howard, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Director; Administrator of the WTC Health Program

2017 SPI Liaison Award: Mitchell R. Weiss Liaison to First Deputy Commissioner/Chief of Dept. at NYPD

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The Society of Professional Investigators thanks Commissioner James P. O'Neill the 43rd police commissioner of the City of New York, for his support of our organization and his commitment to the investigative profession.

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Dr. JOHN HOWARD

Dr. John Howard, director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is the Administrator of the World Trade Center Health Program in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Now in its 7th year, the WTC Health program provides medical monitoring and expert health care to over 78,000 responders and survivors.

Dr. Howard was first appointed NIOSH Director in 2002 during the George W. Bush Administration and served in that position until 2008. In 2009, Dr. Howard worked as a consultant with the US-Afghanistan Health Initiative. In September of 2009, Dr. How- ard was again appointed NIOSH Director in the Barak Obama Ad- ministration, and was reappointed in 2015. Prior to his appoint- ments as NIOSH Director and WTC Health Program Administra- tor, Dr. Howard served as Chief of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health in the State of California’s Labor and Workforce Development Agency from 1991 through 2002.

Dr. Howard earned a Doctor of Medicine from Loyola University of ; a Master of Public Health from the Harvard University School of Public Health; a Doctor of Law from the University of California at Los Angeles; a Master of Law in Administrative Law and Economic Regulation and a Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Management, both from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C.. Dr. Howard is board-certified in internal medicine and occupational medicine. He is admitted to the practice of medicine and law in the State of California and in the District of Columbia, and he is a member U.S. Supreme Court bar. He has written numerous articles on occupational health law and policy.

In the last year, we’ve seen an increase in the number of people applying to WTC Health program,” said Dr. John Howard in a video address posted on YouTube on June 30, 2017. He asked first responders and survivors not yet in the WTC Health Program to visit www.cdc.gov/wtc to learn about eligibility and how to apply.

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5 61st Anniversary edition | September 28, 2017 2017 SPI Liaison Award: MITCHELL R. WEISS

Born, raised and educated in Williamsburg in Brooklyn, Mitchell R. Weiss has devoted his life to working for the needs of people in his com- munity. Known as “Mitch” by investigators from the public and private sector and citizens from all walks of life in the great state of New York, Weiss serves as a Clergy/Community Liaison for the First Deputy Police Commissioner and Chief of the Department of the NYPD. Upon joining SPI in 2015, he told SPIONLINE that his daily events consists of “meeting different community and religious leaders around the city: “As once said to me by a former Police official, without these three steps (Police, Community, Clergy) no concept will work. These are the three powerful groups of any city.”

Weiss started his career in health care, working for Blue Cross and Blue Shield in the implementation of New York State’s uninsured programs in Harlem. He went on to do consulting on governmental and political affairs for the child care agency Little Flower Children Services. A de- On July 8, 2016 at the Feast of Our Lady of vout Catholic, he became the Director of Development for the Mt. Carmel/San Paolino Di Nola, Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Williamsburg. Celebrat- in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY ing the Italian-American community is his passion: “Many years ago, I was given permission by Commissioner Ray Kelly to promote the good name of Lt. Det. Giuseppe (Joe) Petrosino, the only NYPD officer ever killed in the line of duty on foreign soil in 1909, while working on a Ma- fia case,” he told SPIONLINE.

Lt. Det. Petrosino was the first Italian-American detective in the City of New York, and considered to be the NYPD’s “secret weapon” in taking down organized crime in New York City and Palermo. In 2011, Mitchell Weiss was part of a delegation of select New York law enforcement officials and then-councilmember Pe- ter F. Vallone Jr., chair of the Public Safety Committee, who trav- eled to Sicily and went to the site where Lt. Det. Petrosino was killed. They met with anti-Mafia prosecutors, members of the Pa- lermo Council and local Italian law enforcement officials. Leonardo DiCaprio is slated to play the heroic detective in a biopic produced by Paramount Studios. Mitchell Weiss is a long-time member of the Lt. Det. Joe Petrosino Association in America. In 2010, he re- ceived the title of Cavalieri from Italy’s then-President Giorgio Na- politano. Mitchell R. Weiss is also a board member of the American Academy of Professional Law Enforcement (AAPLE) and very involved in numerous organizations in the field of Law Enforcement, or with respect to cultural diversity, race relations, health care as well as committees for the disabled. 6 61st Anniversary edition | September 28, 2017

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR FRIEND

MITCHELL WEISS LIAISON TO CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT AT NYPD ON YOUR RECEIPT OF THE SPI LIAISON AWARD

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TO ALL THIS EVENING’S DISTINGUISHED HONOREES

DR. JOHN HOWARD CAPT. FLORENT GROBERG & THE COMBAT WOUNDED VETERANS OF AMERICA

FROM:

MARY ANN & JOSEPH MATTONE

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The French-born Capt. Florent Groberg was a criminal justice major before joining the U.S. Army in 2008. In 2012, while serving in Afghanistan, Groberg’s heroic actions saved the lives of several soldiers. In 2015, he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by President , the United States of America's highest personal military decoration.

"Flo" Groberg was born in Poissy, France, on May 8, 1983. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 2001, attended the University of Mary- land, College Park (UMD), and competed in varsity track and cross country. Groberg entered the Army in July 2008 and, the following year, deployed to Afghanistan as part of Task Force Lethal, with responsibil- ity for the Valley in Af- ghanistan's Kunar Province. Promoted to captain in July 2012, Groberg experienced “the worst day” on August 8 of that year, when he tackled a suicide bomber who detonated his device, sending Groberg flying 15 to 20 feet away. Groberg’s heroic actions saved the lives of nearly two dozen soldiers and officials. But a second suicide bomber, who was hidden behind a small structure, instantly detonated his device, too; according to the Army, he detonated prematurely because of Groberg's actions to stop the first bomber. Three U.S. military personnel and a U.S. Foreign Service Officer from the U.S. Agency for International Development were killed, and several others were injured.

As a result of his actions, Groberg sustained the loss of 45 to 50 percent of his left calf muscle with significant nerve damage, a blown eardrum, and a mild traumatic brain injury. He spent his recovery at Walter Reed National Military Med- ical Center from August 2012 through May 2015, and was medically retired from Company B Warriors, Warrior Transition Battalion, as a captain, in July 2015. Groberg told NPR that he was only reacting to the situation, and that he struggles with why he survived that day and oth- ers did not: “We all fought those demons of, why not me? In the end, you know, it's combat. And - right - all we can do now is honor those guys and Sgt. Andrew Mahoney and then-1st Lt. Groberg on a their families.” personal security detail with the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, during a deploy- ment to Regional Command-East, Afghanistan. 8 61st Anniversary edition | September 28, 2017

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2017 SPI APPRECIATION AWARD COMBAT WOUNDED VETERANS OF AMERICA

Accepted by Tony Ntellas, who served in the United States Navy from 1993 to 1997 (Honorable discharge.)

He is the lead volunteer at Combat Wounded Veterans of America, a federally recognized 501c3 not for profit veterans organization. Their mission is to ensure that all our Nation’s verified combat wounded veterans be properly recognized, honored, and supported for their sacrifices (combatwoundedveteransofamerica.org)

Danny Benitez Rank: Sgt.. Branch: U.S. Army (served with with Captain Groberg in the Lobsang Salaka same unit at the same time he was Rank: SSG (Ret.) wounded.) Branch: U.S. Army

Gerardo Caballero Charles Bernal Rank: Sgt. Rank: SSgt (Ret.) Branch: USMC Branch: USMC

Edil Carror Stanley Degoicoechea Rank: E-4 Specialist Rank: GySgt Branch: U.S. Army Branch: USMC

Gail Schnell Betsey Tyner Rank: Sgt. Rank: E-5 Branch: U.S. Army Branch: USN/USNR

Luis A. Matos Crystal L. Batson Rank: E-5 City of Yonkers Police Department Branch: U.S. Army Anthony Egan Saha Kumar Rank: Sgt. Rank; E-6 Branch:USMC Branch: U.S. Navy

61st Anniversary edition | September 28, 2017 Emy Cee, our National Anthem singer

Emy Cee is an R&B singer raised in Spanish Harlem, New York. Her music influences include the big forces in mu- sic and R&B, divas such as Chaka Khan, Beyonce, Alicia Keys. Following the attacks of 9/11, Emy took a break from music to serve her coun- try. Now a Veteran and seasoned sing- er, Emy Cee has performed on many stages across the US alongside a num- ber of talented musicians. The most memorable was performing with Roger Waters of the legendary Pink Floyd at Madison Square Garden. The perfor- mance was a benefit concert by the Bob Woodruff Foundation in support of wounded veterans. In addition to music, Emy Cee can be heard in some popular brand commer- cials, calls, even tutorials around the globe. She also dabbed into acting, ap- pearing in the movie iCreep, featuring Dascha Polanco (Orange is the New Black). To learn more about Emy Cee and listen to some songs, visit her website emyceemusic.com

GO TO SCOTLAND YARD WITH SPI AND AAPLE

AAPLE (American Academy for Professional Law Enforcement) and SPI are preparing a joint trip to New Scotland Yard in early June 2018. New Scot- land Yard is the Metropolitan Police Service head- quarters on Victoria Embankment in London, UK. Stay tuned for our announcement! SPI’s social director Charles-Eric Gordon is al- ready planning the pub crawl.

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Coming to SPI on November 16 Internal Investigations at the NYPD unveiled

Charles Campisi is the longest- Char serving Chief of the NYPD’s Inter- le s nal Affairs Bureau, an elite Ia danz unit tasked with investigating a at fellow officers suspected of SPI’s misconduct, corruption, or 58 th ga la worse. Under Campisi’s watch, New Yorkers shot or killed by cops dropped by 90% and the number of cops failing integrity tests plum- meted to historic lows.

In his compelling and fascinat- ing new book, Blue On Blue, Campisi describes a shadow lice departments and will describes the world where police officers con- strategies implemented to achieve re- front evil. At our November SPI sults. The first 20 members to register meeting, he will reveal what really will receive a complimentary copy of goes on—and why—in big city po- Blue on Blue.

October 19: Daryl Rowland on the data left behind in our every day devices What is, exactly, the forensics evidence left behind in our phones? What about in our tablets, vehicles, Amazon Echo and other every-day devices? A digital forensic expert, Rowland will tell how data from digital device can become "digital evidence". What can be obtained by law enforcement and in- vestigators working civil cases, including "deleted information" that is still there, to piece together the story the information tells. Rowland will also cover the use of remote acquisition of data via the inter- net and how deleted browsing histories can reveal hidden activities.

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SPI: A UNIQUE AND AUSPICIOUS GROUP SPI welcomes professional investigators of all stripes from the private and public sectors. Members are bound by a common passion to learn in a fast-paced and ever-changing industry while enjoying the camaraderie of an organization with a deep and rich history.

The Society of Professional Investiga- tors of New York was hatched in 1955, when a group of 10 men met and decided to create an organization dedicated to networking among local law enforcement professionals. These investigators had begun their careers during World War II at the Office of Strategic Services/Office of Strategic Intelligence (OSS/OSI), the precursor to the CIA. The group was officially incorporated in July 1956. From The New Yorker Presents report about SPI: Snoops (2016) In the early days of SPI, the organization handed out just one prize, “The SPI Award for Outstanding Law Enforcement Achievement,” during its annual dinners, which were held at Riccardo’s in Astoria, Queens. The 1959 SPI Gala, for instance, honored former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York Arthur H. Christie, then famous for having prosecuted mafia boss Frank Costello for tax evasion. In 1960, SPI gave its award to the en- tire NYPD, “for its handling of security problems at the U.N. General Assembly meeting”—the year of Nikita Khrushchev's infamous shoe-banging incident. Gradually, SPI opened itself to the private sector. At SPI’s 2016 gala, Person Of The Year recipient Bridget Brennan, Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the city of New York, praised “SPI’s public/private partnership,” which is key to get through a crisis., such as the current heroin epidemic. SPI AT FORLINI’S Today, SPI members are licensed private investigators and Cer- tified Fraud Examiners, investigative counsels, NYPD detectives, Postal Inspectors, investigators for city and federal agencies, for Our monthly dinners continue to present the utility companies and business advisory firms… SPI also incor- top experts in their fields, and the networking porates professions unheard of in 1956, such as DNA special- ists, Computer Forensic Investigators, Forensic Odontologists, opportunities are second to none. Each Forensic Accountants, and so on. meeting kicks off at the bar with SPI social Each year our annual dinner attracts the top law enforcement director Charle-Eric Gordon greeting each and officials and forensic experts in the nation. Our newsletter is distributed to more than 1,500 professionals, and we continue everyone. The presentation is followed by a full to keep the annual dues at a very affordable $75 per year. Visit sit-down Italian dinner and a lively discussion. www.spionline.info, or fill out one of the applications available at the gala. SPI additionally provides free membership to active Certified Fraud Examiners in attendance earn 2 duty military and also to the Combat Wounded Veterans of credits. Join our mailing list today for updates! America.

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Ondrej Krehel of LIFARS (above) came to speak on ran- somware; Andrew Mineroff of SAUL MINEROFF ELECTRON- ICS (upper r.) on new surveillance tools and techniques; Robert Passikoff of BRAND KEYS (below l.) on ways to make your investigative brand excel; Ben Mones of FAMA TECHNOLOGIES (below, r.) on automating social media searches.

18 61st Anniversary edition | September 28, 2017 THE TOP EXPERTS IN THEIR FIELDS!

Chad Los Schumacher of iTHREAT CYBER GROUP (above l.) and CYBER TOOL BELT shared some of his methods to “connect the digital dots.” Phil Messing, Bernard Whalen and Robert Mladinich presented their book reviewing previously "undisclosed files of the NYPD." Brian Willingham of DILIGENTIA GROUP (below r.) came to teach advanced Open Source Intelligence techniques to crack cases online.

Photos by SPI photographer Serena Xu-Ning Carr

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Forlini’s, the home of the Society of Professional Investigators, congratulates SPI on is 61st Anniversary Gala.

Since 1943, the Forlini family has been serving Northern Italian specialties. Call us at (212) 349-6779 to make a reservation Find us at 93 Baxter Street, New York, NY 10013 Browse our menu at forlinisnyc.com

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CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF THE SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL INVESTIGATORS DISTINGUISHED AWARD RECIPIENTS

2017 Distinguished Career Award Dr. John Howard

SPI Liaison Award Mitchell R. Weiss

Also honoring: Captain Florent Groberg

Combat Wounded Veterans of America

Congratulations to Bruce Sackman and Society of Professional Investigators on their 61st year!

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Dan Sepulveda, President * Thomas Ruskin, Vice President – Investigations * Lenny Zapka, Vice President – Security* Matthew Spaier, Secretary * David B. Spencer, Treasurer * Gil Alba, CPP, Chairman of the Board

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SPI BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President Vice-President Special Assistant to the President

Bruce Sackman Ernest Lungaro Eileen Gordon e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected]

Bruce Sackman is a private investigator Ernest Lungaro is director of enforce- specializing in healthcare-related mat- ment at the Westchester County SPCA. ters in New York City. Secretary General Counsel Immediate Past President

Emmanuelle Welch Marvin Schechter Irving Botwinick e-mail: [email protected] Marvin Schechter is attorney at Marvin Irving Botwinick is the founder and pres- E. Schechter in New York City. ident of Serving By Irving, Inc. in New Emmanuelle Welch is the founder and York City. lead investigator of French Connection Research, a private investigative agency licensed in New York State and Wash- ington, DC.

Sergeant-at-Arms Board Member Board Member

Yuri Vayman Charles-Eric Gordon, Esq. Bruce Hulme Uri Vaimann works in law enforcement. e-mail: [email protected] e-mail:[email protected] He conducts Russian investigations in Charles-Eric Gordon is an investigative Bruce Hulme is director of Government New York City and oversees cyber attorney concentrating on locating miss- Affairs at Investigative & Security Profes- investigations. ing people, complex skiptracing and rent sionals for Legislative Action (ISPLA). He regulation fraud cases. is the legislative liaison for SPI.

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Board Member Board Member Board Member

Efrat Cohen David Crawford Steven Levine Efrat Cohen is the president and COO David Crawford is a healthcare execu- Steve Levine is president & CEO of of Global Intelligence Consultants, Inc. tive with Affinity Health Plan. Prolective Solutions, LLC.

Board Member Board Member

Donna Karp Donna Karp is a senior fraud investiga- tor and vice-President at Investicorp, Inc.

Charles Iadanza Past president Charles Iadanza is assistant Director at Bureau of Elligibility Investiga- tion – N.Y.C. H.R.A

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The New York Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners would like to extend its congratulations to the Society of Professional Investigators on its 61th Gala.

We also extend our congratulations to Dr. John Howard, Director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, on receiving the Distinguished Ca- reer Award, to Mitchell R. Weiss Liaison to Chief of Department at NYPD. Appreci- ation is also extended to U.S. Army Capt. Florent Groberg, Medal of Honor Recipi- ent, for his sacrifices.

We encourage SPI members and event attendees to visit our website, www.nycfe.org, to join the New York Chapter of the ACFE and to attend our annu- al conference, “Fraud Resilience: Getting Ahead of A Threat” (8 CPE credits), which will take place on Friday, October 27, at John Jay College.

ACFE New York Chapter Board of Directors

President: Jonathan L. Newcomb, CFE Vice President/Training Director: Chelsea Binns Ph.D., CFE, PI 2nd Vice President/Special Events: Dora M. Gomez CFE, CRMA 3rd Vice President/Treasurer: John S. Reuther, III MBA, CFE Secretary: Emmah Padilla Chairman/Chapter Counsel: Michael Richard Powers, Esq., CFE, CPA Chair Emeritus: Alan I. Blass, CFE, CPA Director/Legislative Liaison: Bruce Hulme Past President Directors: Steven Levine, Ernesto Castillo & Noel Barreto President Emeritus: Anthony Luizzo 26 61st Anniversary edition | September 28, 2017

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Thank you David Roberts, Of British American LLC

SPI treasurer for seven years, David Roberts has performed tirelessly for SPI, maintaining our financial records in pristine order. We want to thank David for his extraordinary service and wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors.

David P. Roberts, FIPI. BAI. (Formerly - New Scotland Yard, London)

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Free membership to active duty personnel

The Society of Professional Investigators awards free membership in our organization to eligible members of the Active Duty Military and of the Brooklyn-based Combat Wounded Veterans of SPI has proven itself to be the premier fraternal investiga- America tive society in New York. Our monthly meetings con- Although the requirements for full and associate tinue to present the top ex- membership remain the same, the application fee, perts in their fields, and the ($115) and yearly dues (currently $75) are waived networking opportunities are for these individuals. Just go the SPI website at second to none. www.spionline.info and fill out the application indi- Each year our annual dinners cating you are a member of one of these groups of attract the top law enforce- special status individuals.

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