Supervisory Special Agent David A. Chaves is a senior FBI Agent assigned to the New York division. He serves as the securities fraud program manager for the most visible securities cases prosecuted over the last decade. He is widely recognized as the chief strategist in coordinating these complex white collar investigations and for infiltrating corrupt participants in the hedge fund industry through the use of sophisticated techniques, undercover operations, and wire taps.

He is a securities fraud subject matter expert and lectures to audiences in both the public and private sector on securities fraud cases including Madoff, Galleon, and Perfect Hedge investigations. Prior to joining the FBI he was a civil litigation attorney in Boston, MA.