Terry L. Burke, CFE, CAMS, CIA
Retired FBI Forensic Accountant | Retired U.S. Army CID Special Agent
Terry L. Burke is the Owner and Principal of Financial Investigative Solutions, LLC, a Virginia-licensed private investigation firm specializing in financial investigations, fraud examinations, asset tracing, anti-money laundering reviews, enhanced due diligence, litigation support, and expert witness consulting.
With more than 40 years of investigative experience, Mr. Burke has conducted and supported complex criminal, financial, and national security investigations in federal, military, corporate, and private-sector environments. His areas of expertise include financial crime, fraud, illicit finance,
Terry L. Burke, CFE, CAMS, CIA
Retired FBI Forensic Accountant | Retired U.S. Army CID Special Agent
Terry L. Burke is the Owner and Principal of Financial Investigative Solutions, LLC, a Virginia-licensed private investigation firm specializing in financial investigations, fraud examinations, asset tracing, anti-money laundering reviews, enhanced due diligence, litigation support, and expert witness consulting.
With more than 40 years of investigative experience, Mr. Burke has conducted and supported complex criminal, financial, and national security investigations in federal, military, corporate, and private-sector environments. His areas of expertise include financial crime, fraud, illicit finance, money laundering, asset concealment, corruption, cryptocurrency-related investigations, and complex financial schemes.
As a Forensic Accountant with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Mr. Burke conducted and supervised financial investigations supporting domestic and international law enforcement and national security priorities. He later served as Supervisory Forensic Accountant for the FBI Dallas Division and as a Program Manager at FBI Headquarters, where he supported national and international financial investigative initiatives. He was also a member of the FBI’s Forensic Accountant Support Team (FAST) and Corporate Fraud Response Team (CFRT), providing specialized support on significant and high-priority investigations. He additionally served as lead instructor for the FBI Academy’s Forensic Accountant Core Training Session (FACTS), helping develop and train new FBI forensic accountants.
Prior to joining the FBI, Mr. Burke served more than 20 years as a Special Agent with the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID), conducting and supervising major criminal investigations in domestic and overseas assignments involving economic crime, narcotics trafficking, counterterrorism, and other major felony offenses.
In the private sector, Mr. Burke has served as an Internal Audit Investigations Manager for a large healthcare organization and as a Regional Special Investigation Unit (SIU) Manager for a major insurance company, overseeing investigative operations throughout the southeastern United States.
Today, Mr. Burke assists attorneys, businesses, government agencies, and private clients with financial investigations, fraud examinations, asset tracing, enhanced due diligence, anti-money laundering reviews, cryptocurrency-related investigations, litigation support, and expert witness consulting. His work frequently involves reconstructing financial activity, tracing the movement of funds, identifying concealed assets, evaluating financial records and internal controls, and presenting complex financial findings in a clear and understandable manner.
Mr. Burke holds a Master of Arts in National Security, a Bachelor of Arts in Accounting, and a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). He is also a Registered Private Investigator in the Commonwealth of Virginia and operates a Virginia-licensed private investigation firm.
