Matthew Boyden

Matthew Boyden is a former federal prosecutor with over twenty years of investigative experience working as a Federal Law Enforcement Agent. Matthew’s practice focuses on internal investigations, criminal defense, and the assessment and design of anti-fraud and anti-money laundering compliance programs, with specific focus on financial technology companies and money services businesses. Matthew is a recognized international expert in business email compromise and payment diversion techniques. He has significant experience with ransomware and investigating cases involving the “dark web,” cryptocurrency, and energy sector matters.

Matthew joined the firm in 2020 from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Houston, where he served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney. In his twenty years as a Federal Law Enforcement Agent, Matthew interacted with virtually every U.S. regulator, foreign regulators, and both foreign and domestic financial institutions on cases involving tens to hundreds of millions of dollars. Matthew has taken numerous civil depositions, testified in hundreds of civil and criminal trials and proceedings, and conducted thousands of investigations involving consumer fraud, securities fraud, corporate embezzlement, banking fraud, money laundering, bribery and corruption (including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act), cyber intrusion, and other types of financial schemes. In his investigative role, Matthew issued over 10,000 subpoenas, reviewed thousands of documents relating to the Bank Secrecy Act, arrested countless defendants, and executed thousands of search warrants against electronic and physical assets. He is a security specialist with a broad range of experience and training. He has also investigated and prosecuted numerous violent crime cases, including murder.