Douglas Pollock, CFE – President and founder of IDSnetwork, Inc. has more than 35 years of experience in conducting investigations into many types of white-collar crimes, including employee embezzlement; title agent and attorney agent defalcation; real estate and mortgage fraud; Ponzi Schemes; Advanced Fee Schemes; Money Laundering Schemes and Cyber Crimes.
Pollock received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminology from Florida State University in 1973 and has been actively involved in the investigation of white-collar crime in Oregon, Washington, California, Utah, Texas and Florida. Prior to 1983 Pollock had been employed as the Director of Loss Prevention for two major national corporations where his primary focus was on the prevention and investigation of employee theft, insurance fraud and other related crimes.
The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, an international recognized organization of accountants, attorneys, auditors, investigators and other professionals who specialize in the investigation of white-collar crimes awarded Pollock the designation of Certified Fraud Examiner in 1996.
Pollock has been certified as an instructor of insurance in the states of Florida, Virginia and Pennsylvania in the specialized areas of Title Agent Closings, Title Searches, Ethics and Policies, Rules and Regulations related to the title insurance industry. The Florida Bar Association, The Florida Department of Financial Services, Florida Department of Law Enforcement and other regulatory and enforcement agencies have also accepted many of the educational seminars conducted by Doug Pollock for professional continuing education credit hours.
Pollock was formerly a contract instructor for the US Treasury Department, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Financial Fraud Institute for more than twelve years. Pollock also provided advanced courses in the investigation of real estate and mortgage fraud to the Miami-Dade Police Academy, Seminole County Sheriff’s Office, Los Angeles District Attorneys Office and many other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies.
Pollock has also been qualified as an Expert Witness in US District Court and several state courts on many occasions in both criminal and civil cases on a variety of cases involving real estate and mortgage fraud and title insurance fraud. A detailed listing of cases in which Pollock has provided testimony or prepared expert reports will be provided upon request.