A press release from the Federal Bureau of Investigation:
Michael J. Anderson Named Special Agent in Charge of Chicago Division
Director James B. Comey has named Michael J. Anderson special agent in charge (SAC) of the FBI’s Chicago Division. Mr. Anderson most recently served as SAC of the New Orleans Division since 2012.
Mr. Anderson began his career as a special agent with the FBI in July 1995. He first reported to the Miami Division, where he investigated public corruption, including a juror bribery case involving a continuing criminal enterprise that imported more than 75 tons of cocaine into the Miami metropolitan area.
In 2001, he was promoted to a supervisory special agent position in the Public Corruption Unit of the Criminal Investigation Division, where he served as the FBIHQ liaison to numerous investigations, involving judicial, law enforcement, contract, regulatory, municipal, and congressional corruption.
Later that year, Mr. Anderson reported to the Washington Field Office to supervise investigations into public corruption, government fraud, and civil rights. During his tenure, he supervised the investigation of super-lobbyist Jack Abramoff and Louisiana Congressman William Jefferson.
In 2006, Mr. Anderson returned to the Public Corruption Unit at FBIHQ as its chief. In this role, he oversaw the Hurricane Fraud Initiative to address Katrina-related public corruption and government fraud, and he launched the International Contract Corruption Initiative (ICCI) targeting Iraq reconstruction-related fraud and corruption. The ICCI eventually evolved into a permanent unit in the Criminal Investigative Division.
In 2007, Mr. Anderson reported to the Dallas Division as an assistant special agent in charge overseeing intelligence, public corruption, white-collar crime, civil rights, covert operations, and the foreign language program.
Mr. Anderson returned to FBI Headquarters in January 2011 as the chief of the Employee Services Section in the Human Resources Division. Among other duties, he oversaw the FBI’s performance appraisal and management system, awards, payroll and benefits, retirements, the on-boarding new employees program, and the Human Resources Division service center.
In July 2012, Mr. Anderson reported to the New Orleans Division, where he oversaw all FBI operations for the state of Louisiana. Notable successful investigations involved the Deepwater Horizon environmental disaster; former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin; and the Harvey Hustlers, a notorious neighborhood-based violent gang.
Before joining the FBI, Mr. Anderson received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Iowa and was employed by KPMG. He also received a Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern University in Los Angeles. He is a certified public accountant and attorney.
Mr. Anderson is a native of Alexandria, Minnesota and is married with one daughter.
Mr. Anderson reports to Chicago in mid-October.
Michael J Anderson’s predecessor in Chicago, Robert J. Holley, retired August 20, 2015 after 20 years with the FBI.
The interim SAC was John A Brown.
It is helpful to scan the FBI Most Wanted link once a month or so.
All of the below can be accessed through this link.
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted
There are a few different ways to use the site.
There is a search by state.
And, there are twenty nine sub categories which are separated into four broad categories (Wanted Fugitives, Missing Persons, Seeking Information, and Other Federal Fugitive Programs.
Since there’s roughly an average of 10 persons per category, there are over 290 people the Federal Government has targeted in FBI, ATF, DEA, EPA, ICE, Secret Service, US Marshall’s Service, and US Postal Service searches.
– Most Wanted Fugitives
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/topten
– Most Wanted Terrorists
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists
– Cyber’s Most Wanted
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cyber
– Kidnappings and Missing Persons.
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap
– Parental Kidnappings.
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/parent
– White Collar Crimes,
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wcc
– Crimes Against Children.
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cac
– Criminal Enterprise Investigations
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cei
– Domestic Terrorism
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/dt
– Violent Crimes – Murder
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/murders
– Violent Crimes – Additional Crimes
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/additional
– Counterintelligence
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/counterintelligence
– Human Trafficking
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/human-trafficking
Known Bank Robbers
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/known-bank-robbers
– Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) Missing Persons
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/missing-persons
– ViCAP Unidentified Persons
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/unidentified-persons
– Seeking Information
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info
– Seeking Information – Terrorism
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/terrorinfo
– Endangered Child Alert Program (ECAP)
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/ecap
– Unknown Bank Robbers
https://bankrobbers.fbi.gov
– ViCAP Homicides and Sexual Assaults
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/vicap/homicides-and-sexual-assaults
– US Special Mission in Benghazi Investigation
https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/seeking-information-on-attacks-in-benghazi
– Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (ATF)
https://www.atf.gov/most-wanted
– Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Most Wanted Fugitives – Chicago Division
http://www.dea.gov/fugitives/chi/chi_div_list.shtml
– Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Current Fugitives
http://www2.epa.gov/enforcement/epa-fugitives
– US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Most Wanted
http://www.ice.gov/most-wanted
– US Marshall’s Service Most Wanted
http://www.usmarshals.gov/investigations/most_wanted
– US Postal Service Inspection Most Wanted
https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/pressroom/wanted.aspx
– United States Secret Service Most Wanted (link broken)
http://www.secretservice.gov/mostwanted.shtml