CONSTANTINE JANUS
Constantine Janus is the Agency Founder
He is a retired senior level state law enforcement officer who has extensive years of experience and training in both the public and private sectors in conducting administrative, civil and criminal investigations. He retired from public law enforcement as a Deputy Inspector General for the State of Pennsylvania. He was one of the founding investigative staff members of that Agency.
The Office of Inspector General worked for and reported directly to the Governor. It was charged with the authority and oversight to conduct internal investigations, departmental investigations of fraud, waste and abuse as well as operational and program compliance reviews, in all Executive Agencies under the Governor’s jurisdiction. It also conducted complex and high profile criminal investigations.
Prior to joining the Office of Inspector General, He was Chief of Internal Investigations and Intelligence for the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue.
He entered state law enforcement in 1979 when United States Attorney General Dick Thornburg was elected Governor of Pennsylvania. He attended training at the Pennsylvania State Police Academy and was commissioned as a Law Enforcement Officer of the Department of Revenue. He was promoted through the ranks from Special Investigator, to Supervisor, to Special Investigator-In-Charge for Eastern Pennsylvania, and then to statewide management as Chief Criminal Inspector.
He has received letters of commendation in the performance of his duty and was recognized by the Secretary of Revenue, for investigating and uncovering internal organized criminal corruption at the highest management levels, within the Philadelphia District Office of the Department. He was also recognized by the State Attorney General’s Office for his role in personally initiating the investigation into the rigging of the Pennsylvania Lottery Daily Number (666), which identified the perpetrators and led to their successful criminal prosecution and conviction. He was the recipient of the Governor’s Management Award several times.
He was transferred by the Governor’s Office, from the Department of Revenue, to the State Office of Inspector General (OIG), and promoted to Deputy Inspector General, the highest line rank within the OIG.
During his career he presented and prosecuted cases with the U.S. Attorney, Pennsylvania Attorney General and county level prosecutors. He has a well-documented and widely recognized record of significant, high profile investigative accomplishments. He investigated economic crime; insurance and tax fraud, public corruption and employee crime and misconduct, fraud in government programs, and civil and criminal fraud by companies doing business with the state. He investigated and brought to prosecution cases involving organized crime. He acted as liaison with and conducted joint investigations with federal, state and local law enforcement. Including: the Philadelphia Police Organized Crime Unit, Pennsylvania State Police, Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, New York City Department of Investigation, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
He is a retired senior level state law enforcement officer who has extensive years of experience and training in both the public and private sectors in conducting administrative, civil and criminal investigations. He retired from public law enforcement as a Deputy Inspector General for the State of Pennsylvania. He was one of the founding investigative staff members of that Agency.
The Office of Inspector General worked for and reported directly to the Governor. It was charged with the authority and oversight to conduct internal investigations, departmental investigations of fraud, waste and abuse as well as operational and program compliance reviews, in all Executive Agencies under the Governor’s jurisdiction. It also conducted complex and high profile criminal investigations.
Prior to joining the Office of Inspector General, He was Chief of Internal Investigations and Intelligence for the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue.
He entered state law enforcement in 1979 when United States Attorney General Dick Thornburg was elected Governor of Pennsylvania. He attended training at the Pennsylvania State Police Academy and was commissioned as a Law Enforcement Officer of the Department of Revenue. He was promoted through the ranks from Special Investigator, to Supervisor, to Special Investigator-In-Charge for Eastern Pennsylvania, and then to statewide management as Chief Criminal Inspector.
He has received letters of commendation in the performance of his duty and was recognized by the Secretary of Revenue, for investigating and uncovering internal organized criminal corruption at the highest management levels, within the Philadelphia District Office of the Department. He was also recognized by the State Attorney General’s Office for his role in personally initiating the investigation into the rigging of the Pennsylvania Lottery Daily Number (666), which identified the perpetrators and led to their successful criminal prosecution and conviction. He was the recipient of the Governor’s Management Award several times.
He was transferred by the Governor’s Office, from the Department of Revenue, to the State Office of Inspector General (OIG), and promoted to Deputy Inspector General, the highest line rank within the OIG.
During his career he presented and prosecuted cases with the U.S. Attorney, Pennsylvania Attorney General and county level prosecutors. He has a well-documented and widely recognized record of significant, high profile investigative accomplishments. He investigated economic crime; insurance and tax fraud, public corruption and employee crime and misconduct, fraud in government programs, and civil and criminal fraud by companies doing business with the state. He investigated and brought to prosecution cases involving organized crime. He acted as liaison with and conducted joint investigations with federal, state and local law enforcement. Including: the Philadelphia Police Organized Crime Unit, Pennsylvania State Police, Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, New York City Department of Investigation, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, U.S. Internal Revenue Service.
RICHARD L. SCHULMAN
Richard L. Schulman is an Agency Consulting Investigator and the Practice Leader in Fraud Investigations. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner with the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners.
He has many years of experience in public administration/law enforcement that began when he became a federal law enforcement officer with the US Department of Defense in Philadelphia in 1979. He retired from public law enforcement as a Senior Financial Investigator and Agent-in-Charge from the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General (OAG).
The Attorney General of Pennsylvania is designated as the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in the state and the office has specialized criminal authority, consumer protection responsibility and a civil division to defend state government agencies against lawsuits. Mr. Schulman was the supervisory agent responsible for investigating charity and nonprofit corporation fraud within the Public Protection Division of the office. Many cases investigated by Mr. Schulman involved significant economic crime matters that led to successful civil and criminal prosecutions.
Prior to joining the Office of Attorney General, he was a Special Investigator for the Pennsylvania Office of Inspector General (OIG) and helped develop one of the first workmen's compensation fraud cases criminally prosecuted in Pennsylvania. In 1992, he was promoted to Deputy Inspector General in charge of the OIG's office in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. His office was responsible for investigating fraud, waste and abuse cases in the Department of Corrections involving, among other things, contract fraud, inmate abuse and political corruption. Mr. Schulman transferred to the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General in 1996. During this time frame Mr. Schulman also served, in a part time capacity, as a Deputy Wildlife Conservation Officer with the Pennsylvania Game Commission and carried out police related duties in the enforcement of the state’s Game code and also worked with the state’s Boat and Fish commission enforcing statutes regulating marine activities within Pennsylvania borders. He brought a highly specialized investigatory skill set and applied it to conservation law enforcement that assisted him in investigating serious violations of law as it related to matters such as environmental crimes and firearms violations.
After retiring from the OAG, Mr. Schulman became a member of the Pinellas County Sheriff’s office for a year. He then returned to PA to work with the PA Office of Aging conducting protective services investigations for the Adult Protective Services unit specializing in financial exploitation and crimes against adults with disabilities and seniors residing in PA. At the request of the OAG, Mr. Schulman returned to his former position of supervisory agent in 2015. He re-retired from that office in 2016.
Mr. Schulman received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from LaSalle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He has many years of experience in public administration/law enforcement that began when he became a federal law enforcement officer with the US Department of Defense in Philadelphia in 1979. He retired from public law enforcement as a Senior Financial Investigator and Agent-in-Charge from the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General (OAG).
The Attorney General of Pennsylvania is designated as the Chief Law Enforcement Officer in the state and the office has specialized criminal authority, consumer protection responsibility and a civil division to defend state government agencies against lawsuits. Mr. Schulman was the supervisory agent responsible for investigating charity and nonprofit corporation fraud within the Public Protection Division of the office. Many cases investigated by Mr. Schulman involved significant economic crime matters that led to successful civil and criminal prosecutions.
Prior to joining the Office of Attorney General, he was a Special Investigator for the Pennsylvania Office of Inspector General (OIG) and helped develop one of the first workmen's compensation fraud cases criminally prosecuted in Pennsylvania. In 1992, he was promoted to Deputy Inspector General in charge of the OIG's office in the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections. His office was responsible for investigating fraud, waste and abuse cases in the Department of Corrections involving, among other things, contract fraud, inmate abuse and political corruption. Mr. Schulman transferred to the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General in 1996. During this time frame Mr. Schulman also served, in a part time capacity, as a Deputy Wildlife Conservation Officer with the Pennsylvania Game Commission and carried out police related duties in the enforcement of the state’s Game code and also worked with the state’s Boat and Fish commission enforcing statutes regulating marine activities within Pennsylvania borders. He brought a highly specialized investigatory skill set and applied it to conservation law enforcement that assisted him in investigating serious violations of law as it related to matters such as environmental crimes and firearms violations.
After retiring from the OAG, Mr. Schulman became a member of the Pinellas County Sheriff’s office for a year. He then returned to PA to work with the PA Office of Aging conducting protective services investigations for the Adult Protective Services unit specializing in financial exploitation and crimes against adults with disabilities and seniors residing in PA. At the request of the OAG, Mr. Schulman returned to his former position of supervisory agent in 2015. He re-retired from that office in 2016.
Mr. Schulman received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice from LaSalle University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.