From Bank Records to Bad Guys: How a 25 Year DEA Agent Turned Financial Data into Action

From the streets of Portugal to courtrooms in the United States, David saw that financial records, not informants or wiretaps, often revealed the full scope of criminal operations. That insight sparked a mission to help investigators move past surface-level evidence and into the financial core of criminal networks. Today, as Senior Advisor for Financial Crime Detection at Valid8, David helps agencies use technology to turn complex financial data into clear, court-admissible evidence. This is the story behind that mission.