Steve Callan joined Chase & Associates after having served in federal law enforcement positions for 35 years. He presently manages Chase’s initiative in the greater Orlando, Florida area and has the expertise to effectively assist clients in white collar fraud, criminal tax and other complex investigations that require forensic accounting skills.
During his first 11 years in government service, Mr. Callan served as a Special Agent with the IRS – Criminal Investigation Division where he successfully conducted numerous highly complex criminal tax and white collar fraud investigations that required strict adherence to accounting principals.
In 1984, Mr. Callan was recruited and employed by the U.S. Customs Service where he conducted international Money Laundering and Narcotics investigations. He served as a Customs Special Agent in New York City until 1990 when he was promoted to the position of a Customs Representative stationed in the U.S. Consulate in Milan, Italy. Mr. Callan coordinated fraud, money laundering and other investigations with law enforcement authorities in Northern Italy, Greece, Egypt, Cyprus and Malta. In 1996, Mr. Callan was promoted to the position of Supervisory Special Agent in the Orlando field office of Customs where he supervised a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) Taskforce which addressed the drug trafficking threat throughout Central Florida. While in Orlando, he worked closely with all federal, state and local law enforcement personnel in that area and established a very successful working relationship with personnel in those agencies.
In 2003, Mr. Callan served as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Air Marshal’s Orlando field office. In this capacity he managed the assignment of officers that provided security on international and other commercial flights, and he also personally provided security services on aircraft.
Mr. Callan attained a Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance from Marist College.