Criminal Investigator
U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
HSI Special Agent Beach has over twenty years of federal law enforcement experience. In 2015 he was assigned to the AZ HIDTA Tucson Financial Task Force and tasked as the SME for dark web and cryptocurrency. SA Beach is certified by DHS as a Network Intrusion First Responder (NIFR) and an online undercover. He is certified by Chainalysis and CipherTrace for cryptocurrency tracing and Cellebrite for digital forensics. He holds several SANS / GIAC cyber security certifications to include GCFE, GPEN, GCIH and GSEC as well as CECFE and 3CI from NW3C. He is an instructor for the AZ Narcotics Officer Association, HSI Illicit Financial Proceeds Unit, HSI Cyber Crimes Center and was chosen for the Outstanding Instructor of the Year Award by the AZ HIDTA in 2020. In 2022 he led his team to be selected for the AZ HIDTA Investigation of the Year while indicting several darknet marketplace drug vendors operating pill presses in Arizona and Florida.
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Cryptocurrency: From Investigators to Executives—What You Need to Know
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM PST
