T.M. Huhn, LLC

Private Investigations

T.M. Huhn, LLC

Tim Huhn

Tim Huhn has over 40 years of Federal law enforcement and investigative experience. As an agent for the FBI, he worked white collar crime and handled various major government fraud cases and white collar crime investigations concerning businesses and individuals. His investigative background with the government includes bank fraud and embezzlement, corruption matters, mail fraud, mortgage fraud and money laundering investigation. Tim has approximately 31 years of consulting and investigative experience in the private sector. His experience includes internal investigations, risk assessment, physical security reviews, executive background investigations and consulting on risk reduction and internal controls. He has over 30 years of mortgage fraud and related real estate investigations. His clients include a variety of U. S. and foreign companies with both U. S. and foreign locations. He is certified in both State and Federal courts as an expert witness relating to financial transactions and summary witness.

Highlights

  • Coordinated a national investigation for a national business involved in a civil matter.  Hired investigators in 33 states to perform interviews and conduct background investigations.
  • Appointed by a Georgia Superior Court Judge as a special auditor to operate a construction business until resolution of the business between the two partners. Managed business and handled finances and reported to court.
  • Employed as a contractor for FDIC for 6 months  conducting  investigation of a failed bank in Georgia.
  • Conducted forensic accounting for an international company involving over $50 million in tracing funds through numerous accounts. Fraud was perpetrated by both internal and external forces.
  • Reviewed financial records totaling over $30 million dollars involving a Ponzi scheme. Prepared charts and summarizes and testified on findings in U.S. District Court.

Tim is a Certified Fraud Examiner – CFE, member of Council International Investigators- CII, ASIS International and Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI.

Perry C. Meador

Perry Meador has 20 years of Federal law enforcement and investigative experience as a Special Agent in the FBI.  Extensive knowledge in working complex investigations with strengths in initiating, investigating, prioritizing, planning, executing and prosecuting a variety of federal cases.  Effective written and communication skills, authored search warrants, court orders, criminal complaints and authored six Title III (wiretap) affidavits.  Vast experience testifying in federal and state court.  Worked violent crimes, domestic terrorism, drug trafficking, airport crimes, and international transportation of stolen property cases.  Served on the Attorney General protection detail.  Senior team leader on the Evidence Response Team (ERT).  Volunteered and served two different 90-day assignments overseas, one in Pakistan and one in Afghanistan.  Exceptional leadership skills, a Gulf War veteran who served as an officer in the United States Marine Corps.

  • Developed and presented a vulnerability assessment on insider threats to top executives working with the airline industry. Conducted airport risk assessments, and insider threats.
  • Assisted in the development of the Law Enforcement Prosecutorial Flow Chart for all airport violations; coordinated its proper use with U.S. Attorney’s Office regarding Federal, State, Civil, and Criminal statutes
  • Investigated Airport Critical Infrastructure violation cases which resulted in Federal convictions
  • Case Agent on the largest airport/airline gun smuggling case in the US which resulted in multiple Federal convictions
  • Successfully identified, arrested, prosecuted, and dismantled two separate gangs (one for government fraud and the other for drugs) totaling 21 gang members.
  • Assigned to the Attorney General (AG) detail in Washington DC, assisted in developing strategies for AG movements within the DC area. This included prior planning, site surveys, ingress and egress plans, emergency egress plans, overwatch areas and personal security during special events.
  • Investigated and successfully prosecuted crimes involving but not limited to bank robberies, fugitives, commercial robberies, child abductions, parental kidnappings, and criminal acts aboard aircraft. Worked closely and effectively with local law enforcement and fellow federal agencies.
  • Conducted briefings and training to bank security managers/employees on prevention, expectations, and safe practices with regards to bank security measures and robberies
  • Led numerous search warrants for evidence collection and processing, in a variety of environments (woods, rivers, lakes, country roads, houses, vehicles, landfills, plane crashes)
  • Collected, processed, and preserved evidence for mass shootings in Chattanooga, TN and Orlando, FL

   AWARDS, CITATIONS, AND CERTIFICATES

  • Monetary Awards March 2003, March 2005, April 2017
  • Time Off Award March 2007, May 2011, June 2012, July 2015, June 2018
  • Citation for Special Achievement March 2015, June 2016, July 2016
  • Quality Step Increase March 2010
  • Combat Theater Award deployments to Pakistan 2005 – 2006 and Afghanistan September 2010

Chiefs Citation Grand Rapids Police Department July 2005

Joe Fonseca

Joe Fonseca was a Special Agent with the FBI for 23 years.  His entire career was spent investigating crimes against children and violent crimes, with the majority of his career spent in the Atlanta field office.  Joe served as the Atlanta FBI Crimes Against Children (CAC) Coordinator and in 2006 Joe was selected as an original member of the FBI’s Child Abduction Rapid Deployment Team (CARDT).  Joe served as a CARDT team leader for several years through 2014, responding to multiple child abductions in the U.S. and abroad. Joe created the Metro Atlanta Child Exploitation Task Force (MATCH) in Atlanta in 2007, combining the expertise of over 50 Georgia law enforcement and other governmental agencies. In 2014, Joe was selected as a Supervisory Special Agent and Child Sex Tourism Program Manager within the FBI’s Crimes Against Children Major Case Coordination Unit in Washington, D.C.  Joe left D.C. in 2016 and became the FBI’s first Crimes Against Children Assistant Legal Attaché.  He was assigned to Thailand for 3 years where he served as the Regional Attaché, responsible for investigations and training in 11 SE Asian countries. In 2021, Joe finished his Bureau career as a Counselor for new agent trainees at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia.  Joe has also served as a Team Adam Consultant with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in Alexandria, Virginia.