PROFILE:

Recipient of the prestigious FBI Director’s Award with performance cited in the U.S. Congressional Record, JAMES J. WEDICK is a Certified Fraud Specialist (CFS) and decorated FBI veteran with more than 30 years experience, previously responsible for the FBI’s White Collar Crime (WCC) and Public Corruption (PC) Programs in the Sacramento area, including all of California’s Central Valley from Redding to Bakersfield, California.

A licensed California firm, JAMES J. WEDICK AND ASSOCIATES provides investigative services and litigation support to a select group of clientele seeking the expertise of a “seasoned” former federal criminal investigator with trial experience, to include prosecutions involving the complex federal RICO (Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organizations) statute.

Mr. Wedick was nominated by the U.S. Attorney to receive the Attorney General’s Award for initiating/conducting the Justice Department’s historic corruption probe where certain members of California’s State Legislature were prosecuted for soliciting and/or receiving “bribes.” The legislative probe code named “BRISPEC,” resulted in a number of search warrants being executed inside lawmakers’ offices in the State Capitol, as well as the convictions of four (4) California State Senators; a California State Assemblyman [and Minority Leader]; a San Francisco Lobbyist who sought to influence workers comp legislation in exchange for a $250,000 “bribe; “ and nine (9) other individuals, to include a member of the California State Coastal Commission who “extorted” a number of Hollywood celebrities.

Additionally – under several Health Care Fraud (HCF) Initiatives designed by him – three hundred twenty-four (324) medical providers were charged with defrauding California’s Medicaid Program funds in excess of $228 million. Because Mr. Wedick believes public awareness is an extremely useful tool in detecting and combating fraud, and in many cases a helpful deterrent, his resourcefulness as well as contacts in the media, enabled him to approach the producers of 60 MINUTES, convincing them of the viability and news worthiness of doing a story, noting millions of dollars were being lost to fraud.  Accordingly, Mr. Wedick was credited by Mike Wallace with marshaling sufficient federal resources, so that those suspected of praying on California’s $25 billion health care system known as MEDI-CAL were prosecuted to the fullest extent allowed by the law.

SERVICES:

Specifically, JAMES J. WEDICK AND ASSOCIATES conducts fraud and background  investigations; obtains witness and victim related statements; provides financial damage estimates; conducts forensic accounting and fraud analysis; as well as investigates insurance and health care fraud; conducts probes involving corruption and employee crime; pursues money laundering investigations; examines transactions involving economic espionage or incidents concerning theft of company secrets; provides investigative support for civil litigation, to include discovery and serving legal process; and provides support to criminal defense teams where individuals and/or entities have been “charged” or are under investigation in either local, state, and/or federal jurisdictions; and/or provides crisis management planning.

When requested, Mr. Wedick also serves as a consultant to business groups, law firms, associations, corporations, and individuals seeking information concerning the prevention and detection of  White Collar Crime and Public Corruption.