U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm, who was indicted on fraud and other charges this week, served as an FBI agent for 11 years, spending about half of that time investigating financial corruption, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Grimm’s congressional biography states that he worked in the New York FBI office from 1995 to 2006.
About five of those years were spent “deep undercover” with the bureau’s Financial Fraud Squad.
Grimm helped lead an investigation that netted charges against nearly four dozen traders in a currency trading scheme.
Grimm also investigated organized-crime fires and corrupt public officials.
Now the FBI said it will review his handling of the cases following the charges filed against him, including perjury.
“That’s something we definitely will look at. No doubt about it,” George Venizelos, assistant-director-in-charge of the FBI’s New York office, said.
