Also called: Seized Asset Manager, Forfeiture Financial Specialist
Tracks, values, stores and sells the cars, houses, cash, yachts and crypto that the government seizes from criminals.
Agents just seized a drug dealer's mansion, three sports cars and a racehorse, and now you manage them. You arrange storage, insurance and appraisals, track court deadlines and plan the auction once a judge orders forfeiture. Some money goes back to victims; some funds police departments.
Federal GS pay.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in accounting, finance or criminal justice.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Criminal Justice, Accounting, Finance.
Growing about average. Steady in federal and state law enforcement.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Databases track seized property; valuing, storing and selling unusual assets and court work stays human.
Classes: Accounting, Government, Business class.
Official data: O*NET occupation 13-2099.
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