Dan McWilliams
Prior to forming Gulf Dispute Resolution LLC, for twenty-seven years, Dan McWilliams was a Special Agent with the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation in New York, London, and Dubai, where he led or supervised hundreds of financial crime investigations relating to bribery, embezzlement, fraud, false claims, money laundering, criminal tax, and sanctions matters.
Mr. McWilliams spent much of his career in the IRS-CI’s New York Field Office as a Special Agent and Supervisory Special Agent leading some of the most complex investigations in the country. Notably, he spent a decade on the New York Joint Terrorism Task Force, leading complex financial investigations. As a case agent, he led an investigation of a New York charity that was suspected of being secretly controlled by the Government of Iran and owned an office tower in Manhattan worth approximately one billion dollars. After an extensive investigation which included interviews, search warrants, consensual monitoring, and issuance of hundreds of subpoenas, a 981 civil forfeiture action was brought against the assets of the charity. Mr. McWilliams worked collaboratively with OFAC Enforcement to designate the charity’s US corporate partner and its Jersey Channel Island parent entity, as fronts for a designated global proliferator of weapons of mass destruction. Later, he testified in a related civil deposition and trial.
Mr. McWilliams made significant contributions to IRS-Criminal Investigation's international operations in the United Kingdom and the Middle East, as the IRS CI Attaché to the United States Diplomatic Missions in London and Dubai. In this capacity, he coordinated multifaceted and challenging financial crime investigations, forging collaborative partnerships with American and international counterparts across the globe. Mr. McWilliams coordinated investigative actions of multiple law enforcement and regulatory agencies in US and UK relating to a pump and dump stock fraud and money laundering conspiracy resulting in international arrests, closure of corrupt UK financial institution, and first-ever Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) convictions.
Most recently, in Dubai, he held the position of Managing Director within a prominent consulting firm's disputes and investigations practice, enhancing his global perspective on financial dispute resolution.
He is currently operating his own disputes consultancy to assist clients in resolving a wide variety of financial disputes, inquiries, and regulatory responses.
Mr. McWilliams holds a B.A., in Political Science from the University of Northern Iowa. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, Certified Fraud Examiner, and an Enrolled Agent.
