Aaron
Seres, CPA, CAMS
Mr. Aaron J. Seres received an appointment as a Special Agent with the FBI in September 2004, and throughout almost nineteen years has had the pleasure to serve in multiple FBI Divisions. He worked as a field Special Agent in Cleveland, OH and Charlotte, NC for over ten years specializing in financial crimes, while also working assignments investigating public corruption, terrorism, civil rights, child crimes, and other violations. During his time as a field Agent, Mr. Seres was accepted as an inaugural member of the FBI’s national Corporate Fraud Response Team and served on deployments in support of high priority financial crimes investigations; he worked in a media relations role; and he served overseas in the FBI’s Brussels, Belgium Legal Attaché Office in support of an FBI initiative to address Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations and international money laundering.
In addition to his time spent serving as a field Agent working investigations, Mr. Seres was promoted to serve in several FBI leadership roles. He was first promoted to Economic Crimes Unit Supervisory Special Agent at FBI Headquarters where he led the FBI's national Corporate Fraud Program and oversaw all Economic Crimes programs throughout the Southeastern FBI field offices. His work resulted in a promotion to Chief of the FBI’s Economic Crimes Unit. In this capacity, he led a team responsible for the national program management of the FBI’s Corporate Fraud, Securities & Commodities Fraud, Mass Marketing Fraud, Insurance Fraud, Wire Fraud, and Special Agent Accountant Programs. During his tenure as Chief, Mr. Seres instituted several new initiatives that greatly advanced the FBI’s ability to address financial crimes. After a return to field operations, Mr. Seres was then promoted to Assistant Section Chief of the Financial Crimes Section. In this role, he was charged with leading all FBI financial crimes programs nationally to include Money Laundering, Corporate Fraud, Securities & Commodities Fraud, Cyber Enhanced Fraud, Financial Institution Fraud, Health Care Fraud, Intellectual Property Rights Crimes, and other fraud schemes in addition to having oversight responsibility for the FBI’s Forensic Accountant Program. In this role, Mr. Seres formulated and led successful new initiatives to protect the elderly and combat the opioid epidemic.
Mr. Seres also served in a leadership role as an Assistant Inspector with the FBI’s Inspection Division. In this role, he was responsible for the inspection of FBI field offices, FBI involved shooting incidents, and special projects to ensure the FBI holds itself accountable in a consistent and transparent manner. Mr. Seres returned to field operations with a 2021 promotion to his current position as Supervisory Special Agent for the Atlanta Field Office where he supervises Georgia’s financial crimes program. Prior to his appointment to the FBI, Mr. Seres worked as a Certified Public Accountant, holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting and a Masters of Business Administration Degree from Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.