Wei Chen is a Investigative Counsel in the firm’s Fraud Prevention Advisory group who joined Whitfield & Crane from an international investigations firm. He focuses on fraud-resilient controls and board-level governance. helped freeze accounts in over a dozen jurisdictions.

He advises clients across the United States, Europe and Asia 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.

• Coordinated the freeze of crypto assets across 21 exchanges after an exploit
• Recovered funds held at correspondent banks in 4 countries after recall attempts failed
Froze a fraudster’s $46 million real-estate portfolio within weeks of engagement

New York University School of Law
B.A., Georgetown University

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

English
Cantonese

Recipient of the firm’s Fraud Recovery Award