Edgardo Tolentino, CAMS, EA, CFS

Ed is the Founder and Managing Director of MSN Solutions Inc.  He began his career in Forensic Accounting in 1988 when he joined the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).  During his twenty-five years with IRS-CI, he was a Special Agent for eighteen years and a Supervisory Special Agent for seven years. 

As a special agent, he conducted white collar criminal financial fraud investigations specializing in tax, money laundering and forfeiture.  His investigations involved individual fraud, as well as, corporate fraud in the financial, healthcare, construction, sales and manufacturing industries.  Ed has provided subject matter expertise in the area of money laundering, Bank Secrecy Act and tax fraud investigations to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, as well as, local, state and federal law enforcement agencies and investigators.

As a supervisory special agent, he spearheaded the formation of several different projects aimed at identifying and investigating criminal activities in different industries.  He led the formation and the management of a storefront operation that supported nationwide undercover operation for the agency.  He orchestrated the response of the New York Field Office of the IRS-CI to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack.

Ed is a Qualified Money Laundering Expert Witness in the 2nd Circuit, Eastern District of New York, Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Fraud Specialist (CFS) and an Enrolled Agent (EA). Ed has also provided classroom instructions to local law enforcement investigator on money laundering (Structuring, Black Market Peso Exchange, Trade Base ML, etc.) and asset forfeiture investigative techniques. He headed the creation and development of a money laundering/asset forfeiture task force for two local police departments.