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Investigations Team

SI Global applies unparalleled investigative experience to deliver comprehensive results. Our Investigations Team is comprised of former US federal, state, local, and international law enforcement professionals who are experts in managing complex and sensitive domestic and cross-border investigations.

Our Investigations Team integrates seamlessly with our in-house cadre led by US Intelligence Community-trained Intelligence Analysts. We conduct and manage any and all types of investigations, providing clients with reliable evidence and actionable intelligence.

Operating with unwavering integrity and complete independence, we conduct thorough, unbiased investigations free from external influence or conflicts of interest.

Our commitment to ethical standards and professional objectivity ensures that clients receive honest, factual findings they can trust to make critical decisions with confidence.

MICHAEL GAETA

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Core Services

Financial Crime & Asset Investigation

  • Sophisticated Financial Fraud and Theft – Domestic and cross-border investigation of fraud and embezzlement
  • Anti-Corruption & Bribery – FCPA, UK Bribery Act, and international anti-corruption compliance
  • Forensic Accounting – Transaction analysis, funds tracing, financial reconstruction

  • Asset Recovery & Hidden Wealth Identification – Cross-border asset location and beneficial ownership identification

Intelligence & Risk Management

  • Cyber – Digital evidence acquisition, network & mobile device forensics
  • Global Intelligence – International and domestic coverage with regional and local expertise and network
  • Due Diligence & Business Intelligence – Comprehensive global background and assessment to include discreet vetting of high-profile appointments and partnerships
  • Corporate Competitive Analysis – Extensive global intelligence research and enhanced diligence operations
  • C-Suite Threat Assessment – Comprehensive security risk evaluation for senior leadership 
  • Government & Law Enforcement Liaison – Strategic engagement with domestic and international law enforcement and regulatory bodies

Regulatory & Compliance Services

  • Independent Compliance Audits – Objective regulatory and policy adherence evaluations
  • Sanctions Matters – Independent investigation to counter and challenge government allegations
  • Litigation Support – Comprehensive support including but not limited to evidence gathering, witness interviews, background investigations, expert testimony and more

Michael Gaeta

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Founding and Managing Partner

As a Managing Partner, Mike works to comprehensively and strategically address the investigative and physical security needs of SI Global’s clients. He is a proven problem solver in public and private sector arenas.

Whether an internal matter, due diligence and/or business intelligence need, physical security question or a criminal and/or regulatory issue with U.S. federal or local authorities, Mike applies experience, dedication, innovation and trusted relationships to resolve client issues.

A 24-year veteran of the FBI, Mike spent his career conducting and managing complex, multi-defendant, cross border investigations based on high-value sophisticated financial frauds, international money laundering, bribery and corruption, organized crime, labor racketeering, cyber enabled crime, predatory criminal activity, as well as national security and compliance and insider threat matters. Mike has been involved in numerous high-profile investigations and is recognized as a subject matter expert in complex investigations, transnational organized crime and was certified as an anti-money laundering specialist through ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists). 

Mike initiated, conducted and directed the FBI’s investigation into FIFA, the international governing body of soccer, uncovering decades of corruption, bribery and money laundering at the highest levels of international sport.

Mike conducted and directed investigative operations against international money laundering networks and facilitators targeting the US financial system. His work uncovered novel virtual currency/shadow banking schemes and previously unknown transnational organized crime groups conducting large scale cyber enabled bank fraud in the US, directed from multiple continents. 

While stationed at the U.S. Embassy in Rome, Italy as the FBI assistant attaché, Mike worked to ensure the safety and security of US citizens abroad and US mission personnel and facilities in Italy and to address the significant threats posed by international terrorist groups operating in the Middle East, North Africa and Western Europe.

Prior to co-founding SI Global, Mike served as the Vice President Security / Chief Security Officer for a privately held company with annual revenue in excess of $1 Billion, 20 production and distribution facilities and over 2500 employees. 

Mike received his law degree from Fordham University School of Law.