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BSA Compliance, Fraud & Litigation Consultants

Thomas J. Lekan
9427 Sherwood Trail
Brecksville, Ohio 44141
440-546-1326

Twenty-five years of experience in managing security, fraud loss operations investigation, compliance, bank secrecy, money laundering, loss prevention and physical security. Two years in sales and one year in business development and consulting services for Pinkerton Consulting and Investigations division. The last fourteen have been the Senior Vice-President and Chief Security Officer for Key Bank N.A. responsible for a department of over one hundred and fifty full time employees including eighty financial fraud and financial intelligence investigators. Managed overdraft recovery operations, the financial intelligence unit and anti-money laundering operation, the customer authentication unit, the fraud hot-line operations and the physical security staff enterprise wide. Additional responsibility included all of security operations and critical incident management response teams. Ten years as senior executive with Nestle S.A., a large food, distribution, and hospitality company. Twelve years in public law enforcement as a police officer.


Nationally known speaker in the areas of financial fraud and investigations as well as physical security and critical incident management. Chairman of The Bank Administration Institute (BAI) security committee for five years. Faculty member for four years at the bank retail and bank operations graduate schools of banking of the Bank Administration Institute. Consultant to many fortune 500 companies in the roll of Regional Managing Director for Pinkerton Investigations and Consulting.

Accomplished investigator in the areas of fraud and economic crime as well as employment based investigations relating to sexual harassment and discrimination. Written and delivered numerous seminar lectures nationally on topics ranging from workplace violence prevention, economic crime and money laundering and white-collar crime. Instructor at a local college teaching courses in economic crime and investigation.

Certified Protection Professional, (CPP), B.A. in Criminology, John Carroll University.