Resume

                                                                                                                       ​Wayne A. Barnes                                    
                                                                                                                   Fort Lauderdale/Miami, FL
                                                          Cellphone: (786) 514-0900
                                         Email: [email protected]
                                             Website: www.Barnes-Investigations.com

Professional Experience:
 
Wayne Barnes Investigations, Licensed Private Investigator, Florida, 2000 – present

Conduct broad-based investigations and competitive intelligence operations for corporations, insurance and investigative companies, law firms, and individual clients in these countries:
 
            Antigua            Bahamas         Belize            Dominican Republic     Greece                                     Ireland             Italy                 Mexico          Panama                          Romania                                 Spain               Tortola, BVI    Turkey           United Kingdom           USA
 
  • Gave a Ted-X Talk to the FL Int’l Bankers Assn. on “Interviewing—The FBI Way”
  • Investigate art theft, credit card/identity theft, truck hijackings and cargo theft, endangered plant theft, and integrity/security breaches in national medical testing.
  • A pivotal undercover roll in recovering Monet and Renoir paintings worth millions of dollars.
  • Succeed w/difficult process serving—fugitive subpoenas—kidnapping/family abductions. 
  • Organize, supervise and investigate fraud in numerous business settings, including with agricultural/flower companies, grocery store chains, construction companies, cruise lines, homeowners associations, and national educational testing services.
  • Conduct internal investigations with businesses to resolve their theft and internal fraud.
  • Conduct extensive background investigations on individuals in private industry to be named to high-level positions where they will be direct-reports to the president or CEO. 
  • Assist individuals in managing contentious relationships with spouses/significant others, who are narcissist-predators and ruining their lives, psychologically and financially.
  • Investigate in support of numerous legal matters, including Florida Bar disciplinary cases, criminal defense and immigration, as well as a million-dollar jewel theft and offshore banking.
  • Specialize in in-depth interviews, personnel backgrounds, but on any topic needed.

Federal Bureau of Investigation, Special Agent, 1971 - 2000 
  • Assigned to Los Angeles, New York City, Washington, D.C., and San Diego, with temporary duty assignments in Miami and Tampa, and language school training in Monterey, CA

     Foreign Counterintelligence and Counterterrorism, 1972 – 2000
  • Initiated, organized, managed, and investigated very complex counterintelligence cases in Washington, D.C., San Diego, and on special assignments, around the U.S. and internationally against the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc nations, with significant allotments of manpower and money.
  • Recruited intelligence sources, ran double agents, organized espionage investigations, and had multiple assignments operating undercover nationwide and abroad.
  • Coordinated extensively with Capitol Hill and key U.S. Government agencies.
  • Senior member of Counterterrorism Squad in San Diego in the 1990s responsible for gathering intelligence on extra-U.S. organizations with hostile intentions toward the U.S.
  • Made dozens of hour-plus presentations to thousands of individuals in the Development of Espionage and Counterintelligence Awareness (DECA) program for the benefit of defense contractors, US Government agencies, military units, and private organizations.
  • The Washington Field Office Security Officer in 1986, interviewed incoming linguists, and developed the now government-wide used Personnel Security Interview (PSI).
  • Was awarded numerous financial incentive awards and letters of commendation in every aspect of FBI investigations, as well as two Quality Service Increases (QSI).
  • In November, 1989, was chosen as the Special Agent speaker to represent all FBI employees at the FBI Headquarters ceremony honoring agents who had fallen in the line of duty.  With wide media coverage, also speaking from the dais were Attorney General Richard Thornburg and FBI Director William Sessions.

​    Healthcare Fraud, 1996 – 2000
  • Initiated and managed complex healthcare fraud cases in San Diego for five years, including fraud by doctors, laboratories and durable medical equipment companies. This resulted in returning millions of fraudulently obtained dollars to the federal coffers from successful prosecutions and plea bargains. 
  • Had a significant role in the multi-agency San Diego Regional Healthcare Fraud Task Force.
  • A member of the specialized Columbia/HCA Task Force in Tampa in 2000, personally uncovering an additional $93 million in fraudulent activity.
  • Assigned as a senior healthcare fraud specialist in Miami during the summer of 2000.
  • Coordinated prosecution with Assistant U.S. Attorneys.
 
        ​Judicial Background Inquiries, 1994 – 1996
  • Conducted numerous background investigations for individuals requiring Top Secret U.S. Government clearances.
  • Supervised a team of eighteen FBI agents, conducting background investigations of numerous nominees to the federal bench in San Diego.  This is the most rigorous background investigation the FBI conducts.
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Professional Associations:
  • California Bar Association, 1996 – present, (Inactive).
  • New Jersey Bar Association, 1971 – present, (Inactive).
  • Licensed Private Investigator, Florida, (A2600221), (C2100126), 2000 - present.

​Education: 
  • Villanova University, School of Law, J.D., 1971.
  • Pennsylvania State University, B.A., 1968.

​Language Skills:
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      Fluent in Romanian, conversationally fluent in Spanish.