Episode 133: Kevin Barrows – Identity Theft, Credit Report Fraud
FBI Retired Case File Review
Jerri Williams
4.6 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 13 September 2018
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Summary
Former agent Kevin Barrows reviews a major identity theft case involving a group of individuals who stole more than 30,000 identities through the unauthorized computer-based accessing of information from personal credit reports.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 133 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. I'm a retired agent writing crime fiction inspired |
| 0:15.6 | by true crime FBI cases. Today we get to speak to former agent Kevin Barrows who served in the FBI for six years. |
| 0:27.0 | He was assigned to the New York Division where he investigated white-collar crime. |
| 0:32.0 | In this episode he reviews a major identity |
| 0:36.0 | theft case involving a group of individuals who stole more than 30,000 |
| 0:42.2 | identities through the unauthorized computer-based accessing |
| 0:46.6 | of information from personal credit reports. Kevin Barrows was also the lead |
| 0:52.2 | agent on a multi-jurisdictional, multi-agency |
| 0:56.8 | securities fraud case that culminated in the arrest of more than 120 individuals, including members of several organized crime families. For his role in this case, he received the Department of Justice |
| 1:13.0 | directors award for outstanding contributions in law enforcement. |
| 1:18.0 | During and since his resignation from the Bureau, |
| 1:21.5 | Kevin Barrows has testified on many occasions before grand juries and |
| 1:26.7 | in trials in federal court. |
| 1:29.0 | He was an expert witness for the government on computer forensic issues in the United States |
| 1:35.1 | versus Martha Stewart. Currently Kevin is a security consultant for the |
| 1:40.8 | National Hockey League and has co-written and hosted |
| 1:44.5 | training videos for the NHL, the National Football League and Major League |
| 1:49.8 | Baseball on topics of identity theft and internet security. |
| 1:54.7 | Kevin is the principle of Renaissance Associates, a professional services firm. |
| 2:01.4 | Kevin is a rare bird in that he did not stay with the FBI until retirement. |
| 2:07.2 | I use the word rare because the FBI has a remarkable attrition rate. Less than 0.8% of employees |
| 2:17.5 | resigned before retirement. Kevin had a very successful, |
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