PRESIDENT

Larry Levasseur, CFI

Sergeant Larry Levasseur has been a member of the Winnipeg Police Service since 1988 with the majority of his experience, and currently in charge of the Commercial Crime Unit. Larry has been recognized by the Canadian Bankers Association and Attorney General of Manitoba and presented the Excellence in Law Enforcement Award in 2007.

VICE-PRESIDENT

Len Terlinski, CFI

Len was a Detective Sergeant with the Winnipeg Police Service. He was assigned to the Criminal Investigations Bureau for 12 years and has over seven years experience investigating major frauds. He is currently at the Manitoba Securities Commission where he investigates complaints related to securities and commodity futures legislation. He has been a CFI since 2005.

TREASURER

Ron Audet, CFI

Ron has been a police office for 21 years. Currently he is a Detective Sergeant with the Winnipeg Police Service, Commercial Crime Unit.

SECRETARY

Ronald R. Bylo, CFI

Ron is a retired member of the RCMP/CSIS and is one of the original members of the Manitoba ACFI Chapter.  Ron is an experienced investigator in financial crimes having been employed with the Bank of Montreal Corporate Security and more recently with the Credit Union Deposit Guarantee Corporation.  Ron provides training to financial institutions on all aspects of various frauds.

DIRECTORS AT LARGE

Robert J. (Bob) Anderson, CFI

Bob is a retired member of the RCMP and a former Senior Manager in the Forensic Practice of a national accounting firm. Bob has 24 years of experience in the successful supervision and investigation of major economic crimes. He currently provides economic crime investigative consulting services and fraud awareness training to clients through his consulting firm, RJA Consulting & Investigations.

Howard Gudz, CFI

Howard Gudz is a retired member of the Winnipeg Police Service with 30 years of service. Howard is a former Compliance Officer for the Winnipeg Commodity Exchange. He is presently an Employment Standards Officer with the Province of Manitoba, Department of Labour & Immigration.

Gerry Jennings, CFI

Gerry Jennings spent the last 14 years of his 32 year career in the Commercial Crime Section of the RCMP. After retiring, Gerry established Gerry Jennings & Associates Ltd., a private practice financial investigation service, where he provides businesses with fraud investigative services, fraud prevention strategies, detection services, and regulatory compliance services.

GENERAL MEMBERS

Ray Hutton, CA, B.Comm., CFI, CFE, CAMS, CPIM

Ray is a forensic accountant with expertise in providing professional forensic and investigative accounting services.  He specializes in criminal investigations involving proceeds of crime, money laundering and asset tracing as well as commercial crime investigations.

Ray is a Chartered Accountant (CA), Certified Forensic Investigator (CFI), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).   He has studied international banking and money laundering through the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The work performed by Ray involves the preparation of forensic financial reports including forensic analysis, net worth analysis, source and use of funds analysis and comprehensive written reports for civil and criminal investigations and court purposes.

Ray teaches fraud courses in the United States and Canada for universities and colleges, and has made presentations on forensic accounting and fraud for the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants, Certified Management Accountants Canada, Financial Management Institute, Certified Forensic Investigators, credit unions and banks, and other businesses.

Rod Kwiatkowski, CGA, CFI

Rod Kwiatkowski worked in the private sector as an accountant for a number of years before joining the Canada Revenue Agency in 1980.  He obtained his CGA designation in 1983 and his CFI designation in 2002.  He worked in the Investigations Division of CRA for 13 years conducting investigations into Income Tax Evasion, in conjunction with working with the Integrated Proceeds of Crime unit with the RCMP.  He presently works in the Aggressive Tax Planning Division of CRA as a Tax Avoidance Officer.

Chris McColm, CPP, CFI

Chris McColm is a certified protection professional with ASIS International and has 14 years of experience in physical security protection. He is the Corporate Security Manager for Manitoba Hydro. His background includes working with military, government and private corporate industries in Canada, US, Mexico, and Far East.

Garry Schmidt, CFI

Garry Schmidt, a former Winnipeg Police Detective Sergeant of 20 years, has taken his vast knowledge and interview experience to Great-West Life, London Life, and Canada Life, where he holds the position of Assistant Manager, Special Investigations, overseeing investigations throughout Canada.