Crecentia Curran has been a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agent since 2009. She initially investigated white-collar crimes, concentrating on corporate accounting fraud, which included an indictment and conviction of a former Fortune 500 chief accounting officer. In 2011, Curran joined the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force, where she investigates Islamic State groups, Hezbollah, Hamas and homegrown violent extremists. She serves as the FBI Charlotte Division terrorism financing coordinator and has been a law enforcement (LE) liaison for the ACAMS Carolinas Chapter Executive Board since 2020.

Curran previously worked in compliance for Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), which manages bulk power transmission and the bulk power trading market for 15 U.S. states and Manitoba, Canada. Before this, she worked for KPMG Indianapolis as a financial statement auditor, with clients in the software development, manufacturing and automotive industries. A licensed certified public accountant since 2006, Curran holds bachelor’s degrees in accounting and management information systems, both from Indiana State University, where she was a Presidential Scholar. Curran began her LE career while in high school, working for the state of Indiana and the Floyd County Indiana Sheriff’s Department as a field agent for the Indiana Tobacco Retailer Inspection Program, attempting underage purchases of tobacco products.