David Tyree

Background

About David Tyree

I am a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and a federally designated Subject Matter Expert (SME) in money laundering and financial crime investigations. Over my career, I’ve led and advised on global investigations involving drug trafficking, human trafficking, terrorist financing, and transnational organized crime, resulting in the seizure and forfeiture of more than $80 million in illicit proceeds and assets. I now focus on building partnerships between law enforcement and the financial sector to strengthen detection, investigation, and prevention of financial crimes. As the Senior Advisor for Financial Crimes and Money Laundering at Valid8 Financial, I help institutions and investigators use technology and analytics to trace criminal proceeds, visualize complex financial flows, and recover assets efficiently. As a law enforcement instructor with the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS), I train investigators, prosecutors, and financial crime professionals worldwide in practical techniques for analyzing financial records, identifying suspicious activity, and linking financial behavior to predicate offenses. I’ve been a featured speaker for the American Bankers Association (ABA), the Bank Secrecy Act Coalition, NASDAQ Trade Talks, and numerous law enforcement and financial industry forums, where I advocate for public-private collaboration and rapid-response partnerships to disrupt criminal finance in real time. My focus is on empowering institutions and investigators to move from reactive compliance to proactive enforcement—turning financial data into intelligence, intelligence into action, and action into measurable results in the fight against financial crime.