Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) further bolstered its Disputes and Investigations’ offerings by appointing as Managing Director Kenneth Jones, former Deputy Chief Postal Inspector of the Postal Inspection Service. Jones’ hire demonstrates the firm’s commitment to helping clients address corporate compliance and risk against the backdrop of regulatory change and economic uncertainty.
 
Jones brings more than 25 years of experience serving as an expert and conducting investigations involving alleged fraud, money laundering, sanctions/Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) violations, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), human trafficking, sexual exploitation of children/forced prostitution, and physical and personnel security.
 
Jones specializes in investigations, risk assessments, regulatory compliance, and offering expert witness testimony. He will work across A&M’s New York, Philadelphia and Washington, DC offices, leveraging his deep knowledge of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and a variety of domestic and international regulators concerning law enforcement. Jones’ appointment, in addition to that of Managing Director Jenelle Beavers, furthers A&M’s ability to help clients, across multiple industries, navigate the legal, governance and strategic aspects of federal and state investigations.

“Ken is a significant addition to our team,” said Jerry Dent, Managing Director and North American Practice Leader of Alvarez and Marsal Disputes and Investigations. “Adding Ken represents the next strategic growth phase for A&M’s Investigations & Compliance line of service in North America and builds on the recent appointment of Managing Director Steve Spiegelhalter, a former federal prosecutor and in-house compliance officer who now serves as our North America Investigations Practice Leader.”
           
Before joining A&M, Jones served as Cyber Crisis Incident Response Manager and the Americas Region Head of anti-money laundering (AML) Investigations, Anti-Fraud, Financial Intelligence Unit FIU at UBS and as a Senior Managing Director with FTI Consulting). While at UBS, Mr. Jones developed strategies and implemented enhancements in fraud, AML, financial intelligence, and crisis response. Mr. Jones’s work improved policies, procedures, management information (MIS), investigative quality, and investigative efficiencies.
 
Jones also served as the Deputy Chief Postal Inspector with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, where he was responsible for conducting investigations involving financial crime, narcotics, child sexual exploitation/pornography, workers’ compensation fraud, and embezzlement. He played a lead role in loss prevention, cybercrime, revenue fraud, False Claims Act violations, counterfeits cards, and check fraud investigations.
 
Spiegelhalter said, “A&M has the geographic footprint, expertise, and deep bench that our clients require to efficiently and effectively resolve these important matters. Professionals like Ken, who has vast and diverse compliance and investigations experience, are the cornerstone of our investigative and compliance capabilities. Ken has worked in government, in-house, and as a consulting partner. We believe that managing directors with that experience are most able to help our clients and their outside counsel to navigate critical investigations that are only becoming more complex as the US and foreign governments are becoming more active in the white-collar space.”  

Jones earned a bachelor’s degree in criminology from Mansfield University and a master’s degree in criminology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and serves as the Chairperson of the Economic Crime and Cyber Security Institute at Utica University.