Lieutenant
Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence Center

Lieutenant Darren Schlosser has been in law enforcement for 29 years and currently works at the Texas Financial Crimes Intelligence Center.  Lieutenant Schlosser previously worked at the Houston Police Department – Auto Theft Division – Vehicle Fraud Unit where he developed a “Vehicle Fraud Initiative” that partnered with the Greater Houston area dealerships to enhance the relationship between law enforcement and dealerships to combat vehicle finance fraud.  This initiative had three main components: to facilitate two-way communication between dealerships and law enforcement; to train dealerships and law enforcement how to spot/identify fraudulent vehicle transactions; and to have a rapid response to Fraud-in-Progress events where the suspects were actively at the dealership attempting to purchase vehicles.  This initiative resulted in nearly $30 million dollars of loses over hundreds of investigations, over $15 million dollars of recovered vehicles, approximately 7,500 persons trained, and nearly 200 incidents of Fraud-in-Progress arrests during his time at Houston PD. This program has become a model for numerous law enforcement agencies across the nation to battle vehicle finance fraud.  Lieutenant Schlosser’s current role at the TxFCIC is to battle organized financial crimes groups across Texas including groups that facilitate vehicle finance fraud.