At this FREE event, IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) Special Agents will speak to the small business audience about Identity Theft and Cybercrime.  Attendees will hear about tax-related identity theft and various tax fraud schemes and scams.  Workshop participants will learn how to protect their businesses from identity thieves and what to do if they are victims of ID theft.  By the end of the program, the audience will know that the most prominent form of cybercrime today is identity theft, in which criminals use the Internet to steal personal information from other users.

This event will also feature the opportunity to network and free food!

About the Speakers

Casey Ryan, CFE, is a Special Agent with the IRS – Criminal Investigation and a Certified Fraud Examiner. He holds a MS in Accounting from State University of New York at Geneseo. In 2009, he began with the Internal Revenue Service as a Revenue Agent in the Small Business and Self-Employed Division. In 2012, he began working as a Special Agent with IRS – Criminal Investigation. In January of 2016, he took over as the Identity Theft Coordinator for downstate New York Field Offices. As Identity Theft Coordinator, his responsibilities include acting as a point of contact for Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement, evaluating information, and making recommendations to the United States Attorney’s Office to initiate Grand Jury Investigations.

Seth Rose is a Special Agent with the IRS – Criminal Investigation. He graduated with a MBA in Taxation in 2012 from Baruch College. In 2004, he started at the Internal Revenue Service as a Revenue Officer in the Small Business and Self-Employed Division. In 2012, he worked as a Settlement Officer in Appeals . In 2014 he  began working as a Special Agent with IRS – Criminal Investigation. He is the Cyber Crimes Coordinator for downstate New York Field Offices . As Cyber Crimes Coordinator, his responsibilities include acting as a point of contact for Local, State and Federal Law Enforcement, evaluating information, and making recommendations to the United States Attorney’s Office to initiate Grand Jury Investigations.