Cameron Reid

Cameron Reid

Cameron Reid

Counsel · Business Email Compromise & Wire Fraud

Whitfield & Crane LLP

New York

Biography

Cameron Reid is a Counsel in the firm’s Business Email Compromise & Wire Fraud group who joined Whitfield & Crane from the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. He focuses on 48-hour wire recalls, freezes and banking liability claims. built the intelligence behind judgments and injunctions across three continents.

He advises clients across Europe and the Gulf region and works with the firm’s investigators and forensic accountants to move from first report to first freeze as quickly as the facts allow. He is admitted in New York and regularly coordinates matters with local counsel worldwide.

Cameron is a graduate of Vanderbilt University Law School and Northwestern University, where he served on the law review. He writes and speaks frequently on fraud trends and is a member of the firm’s 24-hour incident-response desk.

Representative Matters

  • Won restitution for 21 investors in a $64 million Ponzi scheme
  • Identified and froze extortion payments flowing through mixer services
  • Coordinated the freeze of crypto assets across 19 exchanges after an exploit

Education

Vanderbilt University Law School
B.A., Northwestern University

Bar Admissions

New York
U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York

Languages

English
Tamil

Recognition

Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America (2025–2026)