Affirmative Civil Enforcement (ACE) Investigator

Affirmative Civil Enforcement (ACE) Investigator Employment Type: Full-Time, Experienced Department: Legal Services CGS is seeking an experienced ACE Investigator with extensive knowledge and skills in investigative techniques and fraud detection to provide assistance for a large Federal agency initiative. CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government’s most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and can anticipate the needs of others. Here at CGS, we offer an environment in which our employees feel supported, and we encourage professional growth through various learning opportunities. Skills and attributes for success: - The investigator will generate new investigations, and to continue with ongoing investigation and civil actions involving fraud in areas such as healthcare, contracting, and grants, as well as other fraud and abuse of federal public funds and programs. - Regularly meets with the ACE attorneys and with designated agency personnel for the purpose of generating fraud investigations. - Performs a variety of ancillary investigations-related services in direct support of any assigned fraud - Utilizes electronic databases such as public records, property records, business records, and other government-maintained databases, to identify documents, witnesses and other physical evidence. - Prepares reports on progress of investigations for use by AUSAs and supervisory attorneys. These reports may include significant findings and conclusions, analyses of information located in electronic databases, presentations, recommendations for additional investigative actions and candid assessments of strengths and weaknesses of witnesses, documentary evidence, or other aspects of a case. - Examines books, ledgers, payrolls, cost reports, billing statements, invoices, correspondence, computer data, and other records pertaining to the transactions, events, or allegations under investigation. - Performs sophisticated analyses of large-scale hard-copy and electronic data, such as health care claims data, financial transaction data, accounting records, or bank records to develop investigative leads and to determine their potential relevance to the allegations at issue. - Gathers and analyzes facts including witness statements, timelines, and scientific or technical data for the purpose of advancing investigative objectives. Establishes and verifies relationships between facts and evidence obtained or presented to confirm authenticity of documents, to corroborate witness statements, and to otherwise build proof necessary for successful litigation or settlement. - Develops and analyzes evidence and collects information relating to such evidence, or other legal matters under consideration, from appropriate primary and secondary sources. Performs analysis to clarify the target suspect's or organization's pattern of operations, to identify information relevant to the legal issues involved, and to recommend valuable approaches to the AUSAs or other members of the investigative team. Develops and refines proof required to assist in determining legal responsibility for violations. - Assists ACE AUSAs with in-person and/or telephonic interviews of witnesses, depositions, and sworn witness examinations. - Assists with the preparation and service of subpoenas for documentary materials, interrogatory answers, or witness testimony in connection with ACE investigations. - Develops an understanding of all applicable federal, state, or local laws to the extent necessary to make sound decisions on direction and scope of investigations. Determines proof required to affix responsibility for violations, and devise methods for obtaining, preserving, and presenting evidence to the greatest effect. - Assists with determining the most efficacious methods for planning, schedul