United States Marshal Adam N. Torres

U.S. Marshal Adam N. Torres

Marshal Torres was appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate on May 15, 2003. As the United States Marshal he is responsible for the Central District of California, which includes 18 million residents within the counties of Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura, San Luis Obispo, and Oxnard.

Prior to his current position, Marshal Torres was the Supervisory Special Agent for the Internal Revenue Service- Criminal Investigation Division in Laguna Niguel, California. He was responsible for overseeing criminal investigations of internal revenue laws, bank secrecy act and other financial related crimes. His experience includes the selection and direction of investigations in Southern California and the use of a wide variety of investigative techniques including, confidential informants, undercover operations, pen registers and search warrants. Investigations ere of both legitimate and illegal operations in the area of health care fraud, government fraud, interstate theft, organized crime, privacy and counterfeiting, anti-government organizations, smuggling, street level gangs and identity theft. Marshal Torres also was the Co-Chair of the Orange County Suspicious Activity (SAR) Committee with the United States Attorney’s Office. The SAR Committee is charged with the reviewing of SAR’s filed by banks and other financial institutions.

In total, Mr. Torres spent over 19 years with the Internal Revenue Service. He completed a variety of assignments and held several positions. He participated with the United States Secret Service Jump Teams in the protection of domestic and foreign officials at major public events.