Chuck Cohen(III)
Chuck Cohen is a Vice President at the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). He is a Professor of Practice in the Indiana University Bloomington Department of Criminal Justice, where he has taught since 2003. Chuck serves as an Auxiliary Detective with the Indiana University Police Department, providing technical assistance and giving him statewide police authority. In 2020, Chuck was appointed by the Governor of the State of Indiana to serve as an Indiana Gaming Commissioner.
Chuck is a retired Indiana State Police Captain where he served for over 25 years. He was most recently the Intelligence and Investigative Technologies Commander responsible for the cyber crime, electronic surveillance, technical services, and Internet crimes against children units along with overseeing the department's overt and covert criminal intelligence functions. Chuck was the Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center Executive Director and Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Commander for over 14 years.
Chuck Cohen's formal education includes a Master of Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University and an undergraduate degree from Indiana University with a double major in Criminal Justice and Psychology. Chuck is also a Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Economic Crime Forensic Examiner.
Chuck speaks internationally on topics including the implications of online social networks in criminal investigations and criminal intelligence gathering, cyber crime, online fraud, money laundering, corruption investigations, and the investigation of skilled criminal offenders. He has trained investigators and analysts on five continents. Chuck is an IADLEST (International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training) Nationally and Internationally Certified Instructor.
In 2023, Chuck was appointed by the National Institute of Justice to serve on the Special Technical Committee for Criminal Justice Practice for Digital Media Evidence. Chuck testified to the 114th Congress in 2016 as a subject matter expert on encryption. In2020, he provided expert testimony related to the Darknet, child exploitation, and human trafficking before the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice. Chuck was a member of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Summer Hard Problem Program in 2008, 2009, and 2010. He sits on the IACP Cyber Crime & Digital Evidence Committee and serves as an Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies Cyber Crime Committee Subject Matter Expert.
Chuck is a retired Indiana State Police Captain where he served for over 25 years. He was most recently the Intelligence and Investigative Technologies Commander responsible for the cyber crime, electronic surveillance, technical services, and Internet crimes against children units along with overseeing the department's overt and covert criminal intelligence functions. Chuck was the Indiana Intelligence Fusion Center Executive Director and Indiana Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force Commander for over 14 years.
Chuck Cohen's formal education includes a Master of Business Administration from Indiana Wesleyan University and an undergraduate degree from Indiana University with a double major in Criminal Justice and Psychology. Chuck is also a Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Economic Crime Forensic Examiner.
Chuck speaks internationally on topics including the implications of online social networks in criminal investigations and criminal intelligence gathering, cyber crime, online fraud, money laundering, corruption investigations, and the investigation of skilled criminal offenders. He has trained investigators and analysts on five continents. Chuck is an IADLEST (International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training) Nationally and Internationally Certified Instructor.
In 2023, Chuck was appointed by the National Institute of Justice to serve on the Special Technical Committee for Criminal Justice Practice for Digital Media Evidence. Chuck testified to the 114th Congress in 2016 as a subject matter expert on encryption. In2020, he provided expert testimony related to the Darknet, child exploitation, and human trafficking before the President's Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Justice. Chuck was a member of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Summer Hard Problem Program in 2008, 2009, and 2010. He sits on the IACP Cyber Crime & Digital Evidence Committee and serves as an Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies Cyber Crime Committee Subject Matter Expert.