FBI selects Timothy J. Delaney to head L.A. criminal division
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The FBI has appointed a former accountant with two decades’ experience investigating white-collar crime, including healthcare fraud and political corruption, as the new head of its criminal division in Los Angeles.
Timothy J. Delaney has been named special agent in charge of the Los Angeles field office’s criminal division, the bureau announced Wednesday.
Delaney, one of four special agents in charge, will oversee about 400 agents and other investigators on criminal inquiries, including drug and gang cases, organized crime, white-collar crime and civil rights violations.
In an interview, Delaney said his priority would be ensuring the bureau’s investigations have a lasting effect rather than temporarily removing a criminal soon to be replaced by another.
Delaney said he will be overseeing “the most robust gang program in the country.” He also said Los Angeles appeared to be a “target-rich environment for healthcare fraud.”
Delaney previously oversaw white-collar crime, cyber crime and civil rights investigations in Miami, where he had a hand in the conviction of lobbyist Jack Abramoff, prosecution of several county commissioners and the breakup of three police corruption rings. He also oversaw an early crackdown on mortgage fraud cases.
He also headed the healthcare fraud unit at FBI headquarters from 2000 to 2004, overseeing more than 400 investigators.
A native of Queens, N.Y., Delaney comes from a law enforcement family: his father and his brother were with the New York Police Department.
Delaney graduated with a degree in accounting from Siena College in Albany, N.Y., and worked in investment banking in New York City before joining the FBI. He has also served five years in the U.S. Army Reserve.
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