Rachel A. Cartwright
Deputy Director, National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center
Supervisory Special Agent Rachel A. Cartwright is the Unit Chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Economic Crimes Unit, which encompasses all Intellectual Property Rights matters. SSA Cartwright provides strategic direction and oversight for the FBI’s IPR program which is composed of theft of trade secrets, trademark and copyright infringement, and counterfeit goods impacting health and safety.
In addition to her role in IPR, SSA Cartwright also works in the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division, Financial Crimes Section where she is responsible for overseeing FBI investigations related to complex financial fraud, securities and commodities fraud, corporate and investment fraud schemes, and financial institution fraud. In this role, SSA Cartwright works closely with regulatory partners at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Commodities Future Trading Commission (CFTC), and other Federal, State and Local agencies.
SSA Cartwright began her career with the FBI in 2015. Following her training at the FBI Academy, SSA Cartwright was assigned to the New York Field Office (NYFO), where she joined a Special Operations Group tasked with covert surveillance and arrest operations.
In March of 2018, SSA Cartwright joined a Criminal squad tasked with investigating white-collar financial fraud. In March of 2022, SSA Cartwright was promoted as the SSA of a Complex Financial Fraud Squad in the NYFO. SSA Cartwright oversaw financial institution fraud, corporate fraud, and mortgage fraud cases. During Agent Cartwright’s tenure as a NYFO SSA, her squad obtained a guilty plea and $2 billion fine pursuant to the DOJ’s investigation into Danske Bank’s Estonia based operations. SSA Cartwright’s squad also prosecuted Miles Guo and others involved in a complex conspiracy to defraud thousands of victims out of over $1 billion dollars.
SSA Cartwright earned Bachelor of Arts degrees in Journalism and Modern Languages/Spanish from Salve Regina University and a Juris Doctorate Degree from Hofstra University School of Law. Prior to joining the FBI, Agent Cartwright was a practicing attorney for seven years and served as Senior Corporation Counsel for the NYC Law Department.