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PANEL 1: What Everyone Ought to Know about the Relationship of Counterfeiting with Other Crimes
MODERATOR
Michael LeMieux is a Law Enforcement Fellow for the A-CAPP Center. Mr. LeMieux retired from the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) as a Supervisory Special Agent and national program manager for the FBI’s IPR program at the
National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPRC). At the IPRC, Mr. LeMieux managed FBI investigations
involving theft of trade secrets; counterfeit goods that pose a threat to health and safety; copyright and trademark
infringement cases; and the FBI’s Internet Fraud program. Mr. LeMieux specialized in anti-counterfeiting initiatives that
combined the efforts of brand owners, government, and intermediary platforms to address challenges in e-commerce.
During his tenure at the IPRC, Mr. LeMieux also specialized in government and industry partnerships aimed at improving
detection of cyber-enabled illicit activity in the third-party marketplace. During his 20-year FBI career, Mr. LeMieux
served in investigative, management, and instructor capacities across two FBI field divisions and two FBI Headquarters
divisions. He specialized in Tribal gaming as a Coordinator of the Federal Indian Gaming Working Group; in public
corruption as a key member of an investigative team that focused on corruption allegations involving members of
Congress, senior federal executives, and lobbyists; and counterterrorism as a long-time Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF)
Coordinator, domestic terrorism expert, and instructor at the FBI Academy. Prior to his FBI career, Mr. LeMieux served as
a Police Sergeant with the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs. Mr. LeMieux is a Certified Fraud
Examiner and owns Whiteriver LLC, a consulting and risk management firm that provides expertise on integrity issues,
fraud, insider threats, criminal justice information systems, and organization compliance vulnerabilities.
PANELISTS
Thomas Holt is a professor in the School of Criminal Justice at Michigan State University whose research focuses on
computer hacking, malware, and the role of the Internet in facilitating all manner of crime and deviance. His work has
been published in various journals including Crime and Delinquency, Deviant Behavior, the Journal of Criminal Justice,
and Youth and Society.
Frank Lin is a Trial Attorney in the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), Criminal Division, U.S.
Department of Justice, in Washington DC. At CCIPS, Frank prosecutes a variety of cyber and intellectual property
crimes, including cyberstalking, online fraud, trademark and copyright infringement, and counterfeit pharmaceuticals
sold on the dark web. He also provides electronic evidence and cybercrime training for investigators, prosecutors, and
judges in the United States and abroad. Frank joined the Department of Justice in 2012 as a law clerk in the United States
Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon. He has also served as a Special Assistant United States Attorney in the
Eastern District of Virginia and clerked at the Washington Supreme Court.
Richard Mennuti is a Supervisory Special Agent with the FBI and has more than 25 years of law enforcement experience.
Mr. Mennuti is currently assigned to the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center in Washington DC and
has extensive expertise in the areas of counterfeits products in the U.S. Government supply chain and the
pharmaceutical industry. Before entering the FBI, Mr. Mennuti served as a U.S. Air Force Officer for 9 years.
Dan Pearson is a Strategic Intelligence Manager based in Washington, D.C. for Western Union’s Financial Intelligence
Unit. He joined Western Union’s FIU in November 2014 and in that time has also performed the roles of Investigator,
Strategic Intelligence Analyst, and Senior Strategic Intelligence Analyst. He is also Western Union’s seconded
representative to AUSTRAC’s Fintel Alliance – a public-private partnership that facilitates financial intelligence sharing
between the Australian gov ernment and financial institutions. He has a Master of Science in Applied Intelligence from
Mercyhurst University and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Sydney. Partnering with Duncan DeVille
(Western Union SVP and BSA Officer) Daniel has also co-authored a book chapter, Responding to Money Transfers by
Foreign Terrorist Fighters, published in the 2018 Palgrave Handbook of Criminal and Terrorism Financing Law.