FBI Special Agent in Charge Keith Slotter Announces Retirement from the FBI After 25 Years

Keith Slotter has been an FBI special agent for the past 25 years, serving in the Buffalo and Miami Field Offices, and as a supervisor in the Financial Institution Fraud and Computer Crimes Unit at FBI Headquarters, before serving as a white-collar crime supervisor in Connecticut. Mr. Slotter was the assistant special agent in charge in Cleveland, responsible for managing northern Ohio’s violent crime, counterterrorism, foreign counterintelligence, and cyber crimes programs. He then managed the financial crimes program, implementing the FBI’s national white-collar crime strategy. He served as the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Sacramento Field Office, and as the assistant director of the FBI’s Training Division, responsible for all operations at the FBI Academy in Quantico, Virginia, prior to his current assignment as special agent in charge of the San Diego Division.

After graduating from Arizona State University with a degree in accounting, Mr. Slotter worked in the field of public accounting and as an auditor within the Asset-Based Lending division of People’s Bank, Bridgeport, Connecticut. Mr. Slotter is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner, and member of the AICPA, the Connecticut State Board of Accountancy, and many other professional organizations. In the Spring 2006 issue of CPA Magazine, Mr. Slotter was named as one of the world’s 100 most influential CPAs. In 2010, he received the U.S. Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Service and Lifetime Achievement from President Barack Obama. He has written a myriad of articles on crime, leadership, management, and investigative topics, and appeared as a fraud commentator on The Today Show, Later Today, Good Morning America, CNN, Fox News, and many others.

In 1997, Mr. Slotter wrote and produced the short film “Shattered Faith—White-Collar Crime in America,” starring Brian Dennehy. He also co-produced and collaborated on the screenplay for “A Meeting of Minds,” a joint U.S./British drama centered on international corporate espionage. In 2009, Mr. Slotter was the co-creator and consulting producer on “Inside the FBI,” a two-hour feature presentation on the Discovery Channel. Mr. Slotter is also the co-creator and host of “San Diego’s Most Wanted—The FBI Files,” featured every Saturday night on the San Diego Fox network.

Mr. Slotter has also provided instruction on a variety of topics to hundreds of law enforcement, civic, and private sector organizations, including the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and the International Law Enforcement Academies in Budapest, Hungary and Bangkok, Thailand.

Mr. Slotter will retire from the FBI and enter the public sector at the end of March 2012. If you are interested in conducting an interview with Special Agent in Charge Slotter regarding his 25 years of service, please contact April Langwell at (858) 499-7917 or by e-mail at april.langwell@ic.fbi.gov.