Speakers:
Supervisory Special Agent Sonia Hurtado, IRS Criminal Investigations
Supervisory Special Agent Daniel Gimenez, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Special Agent Pedro Luis Ramirez, IRS Criminal Investigations
Bios:
Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Sonia Hurtado began her career with IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) in 2003 as a criminal investigator. SSA Hurtado was promoted to supervisor for the IRS-CI RGV Group in January 2023 and her responsibilities as group supervisor include overseeing a group of agents that investigate potential criminal violations of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes, such as money laundering, currency transaction violations, tax-related identity theft fraud, cybercrimes, and terrorist financing that adversely affect tax administration. SSA Hurtado was raised in McAllen but moved to Austin in 1999 to obtain her Accounting degree from St. Edward’s University. SSA Hurtado started her career with IRS-CI in Austin, eventually transferred to Puerto Rico, and returned to the Rio Grande Valley in 2006 to continue her career with IRS-CI as a criminal investigator, and now as a group supervisor leading a team of talented financial investigators.
Special Agent (SA) Pedro Luis Ramirez has been a criminal investigator with IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) since 2020. SA Ramirez’s responsibilities as a criminal investigator include investigating potential criminal violations of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes, such as money laundering, currency transaction violations, tax-related identity theft fraud, cybercrimes, and terrorist financing that adversely affect tax administration. SA Ramirez is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), a Certified Cyber Crime Investigator (3CI) and a Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator (CCI). SA Ramirez has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance, a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Accountancy, all from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Prior to joining IRS-CI, SA Ramirez worked at Hidalgo County as an internal auditor for 6 years and as a financial accountant for another 6 years.
Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Daniel Gimenez of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) San Antonio Division is assigned to the McAllen Resident Agency (RA) as the SSA of the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Squad. SSA Gimenez has been with the FBI nearly 10 years. SSA Gimenez began his career with the FBI at the Dallas Division, where he investigated organized crime, violent crime and served as the fugitive coordinator, and FBI’s jewelry crime subject matter expert. While in Dallas, SSA Gimenez specialized Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO) cases involving criminal enterprises that target the jewelry industry throughout the United States, and abroad. SSA Gimenez was also the lead case agent in the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted investigation of Yaser Abdel Said, who SSA Gimenez and his team captured in August 2020.
In June 2022, SSA Gimenez was selected to be a Program Manager at the FBI’s Public Corruption Unit at FBI Headquarters in Washington D.C., where he oversaw public corruption investigations throughout the country.
In January 2024, SSA Gimenez was selected to lead the Public Corruption and Civil Rights Squad FBI McAllen RA. SSA Gimenez serves as an instructor with the FBI Adjunct Faculty.
Throughout his career, SSA Gimenez received several awards and recognitions from the FBI and external partners, including the FBI Medal of Excellence, 2016 FBI Violent Crimes Case of the Year, 2018 James B. White Investigator of the Year, 2020 American Gems Society Investigator of the Year, and twice the recipient of the U.S. Attorney’s Office Award of Excellence.
Delivery Method: Group Live
CPE offered: 1 hour
Program Level: Overview
Prerequisites: None
Advanced preparation: None
Field of Study: Fraud
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