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                    Robert Ulmer retired from the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
                    in 1996 after concluding a successful 24 year career as a 
                    Special Agent. Mr. Ulmer has an accounting degree from Niagara 
                    University and is also a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). Upon 
                    his retirement from the FBI, Mr. Ulmer became a licensed Private 
                    Investigator and owned and operated R. Ulmer Investigations, 
                    Inc. His agency specialized in forensic accounting investigations, 
                    white collar crime defense and insurance fraud investigations. 
                  In 1997, Mr. Ulmer became a certified 
                    law enforcement officer in Florida and a criminal investigator 
                    for the State Attorney’s Office for the Sixth Judicial 
                    Circuit of Florida in Clearwater, Florida. Mr. Ulmer’s 
                    investigative responsibilities focused almost exclusively 
                    on the investigation and prosecution of complex financial 
                    fraud cases. Mr. Ulmer’s responsibilities as an investigator 
                    for the State Attorney included witness interviews, review 
                    and analysis of financial documents, trial preparation, expert 
                    witness testimony and investigative liaison between law enforcement 
                    and prosecutors. His investigations resulted in successful 
                    prosecutions of defendants for money laundering, grand theft, 
                    schemes to defraud, RICO and exploitation of the elderly. 
                  During his 24 year career as an FBI 
                    Special Agent, Mr. Ulmer’s investigative focus was primarily 
                    in the areas of white collar crime and organized crime. Some 
                    of his more successful investigations included bank fraud 
                    and wire fraud convictions of con men who attempted to defraud 
                    the Tampa Bay Lightning Hockey team, corrupt public officials 
                    in New Jersey and Florida who attempted to use their positions 
                    of trust in government for personal gain, and traditional 
                    La Cosa Nostra (LCN) crime members who had infiltrated legitimate 
                    labor unions such as the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 
                    Laborers Union and the International Longshoremen’s 
                    Association (ILA). Mr. Ulmer also spent five years as a Special 
                    Agent Supervisor, both at FBI Headquarters in Washington, 
                    DC and the Buffalo, New York Field Office.  
                   Mr. Ulmer has testified as an expert 
                    witness in Organized Crime matters in Federal Court and as 
                    an expert witness in financial fraud matters in Circuit Court 
                    in the State of Florida. 
                  Mr. Ulmer is a former United States 
                    Army officer, a Vietnam Veteran and a Bronze Star recipient. 
                   
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