Serving the Las Vegas, NV Area

Meet Our Investigators:

James B. Conklin – President

Mr. Conklin began his career as an officer in the United States Marine Corps and was a combat veteran in Vietnam. He had a 26-year career in federal law enforcement as an agent and supervisor with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. Domestic assignments included New York, San Diego, and Washington DC and foreign assignments Bangkok, Thailand and Rangoon, Burma (Yangon, Myanmar). Mr. Conklin was an expert with the DEA in money laundering and drug trafficking. He was assigned to foreign operations and was considered an expert in SE Asia. Mr. Conklin has sources of information and law enforcement connections located throughout the world.

Afterwards, Mr. Conklin worked two and a half years as an agent with the Nevada State Gaming Control Board. He traveled extensively throughout the US, Europe and Asia to conduct in-depth background investigations in the gaming industry.

Since 1999, Mr. Conklin has been a President of Exfed Investigations Inc, a private investigations and security consulting corporation. Exfed Investigations specializes in domestic and corporate investigations both in the US and internationally. Investigations are conducted in the field of criminal background, civil litigation, financial/asset, pre-employment, location of missing persons, etc. Clients include Microsoft, Wynn Resorts, and numerous attorneys.

Exfed Investigations also conducts surveillance of persons and locations on domestic and business matters in the Las Vegas area.

Mr. Conklin has provided services as a Security Consultant for US and foreign corporations in the fields of executive protection, site survey, risk management and employee screening. Clients include Ford Motor Co, Limited Brands, Aventis/Sanofi Pharmaceuticals and Iron Mountain. Mr. Conklin has provided security background investigations for the Department of Defense and the Department of Treasury.

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Anthony Ricevuto, Senior Investigator

Mr. Ricevuto commenced his law enforcement career with the Chicago Police Department and worked as a task force officer assigned to a high crime suppression Special Operation Group. In 1972, he became a Special Agent with the U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration investigating major international narcotic traffickers and money launderers. He was the Senior Inspector in Charge of the DEA's Office of Professional Responsibility (OPOR) and retired as the Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the Los Angeles DEA office. He traveled extensively throughout Latin America conducting sensitive investigations involving government personnel.

Upon retirement, he worked for the Los Angeles METRO as a Senior Investigator with the Office of Inspector General investigating management and contractor fraud. He holds a Master’s Degree in Organization Management and a B.A. in the Administration of Criminal Justice. Mr. Ricevuto was a professor at the University of Phoenix/Chaffey Community College and a lecturer for various colleges and organizations. He has a CA Private Investigator License and resides in Las Vegas, NV.

Associations:

• California Association of Licensed Investigators (CALI)
• Association of Certified Fraud Specialists (ACFS)
• Association of Certified Federal Background Investigators.

John “Jack” Bax, Senior Investigator

NV Lic. #1011

Mr. Bax is the primary investigator in Northern Nevada.

The majority of Mr. Bax’s 41 years of law enforcement experience have been spent conducting complex investigations and supervising criminal and regulatory investigators, police officers, intelligence analysts and technicians at both field offices and command facilities.

Mr. Bax began his law enforcement career as a Sky Marshal/Special Agent with U.S. Customs in Chicago, Illinois in 1971. In 1973, he transferred to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). He subsequently was transferred to El Paso, Texas and worked at the El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC) conducting special operations in support of multiple law enforcement agencies worldwide. He later was transferred to Lake Tahoe as the DEA Task Force Coordinator. Mr. Bax completed his career with the DEA in 1995 as a Group Supervisor in San Diego, CA.