SSA John Caruthers

  • Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) John Caruthers began his career with the FBI in 1992 when he was hired as a Computer Specialist at FBI Headquarters.  He worked in Washington, DC until moving to the San Diego Division in 1995.  While serving as a Computer Specialist, he supported numerous cases, including the Whitewater investigation in Little Rock, Arkansas.

    SSA Caruthers became an FBI Special Agent (SA) in 1999 and returned to San Diego, where he investigated a variety of criminal activity, to include white-collar crime, the Arellano-Felix cartel in Tijuana, Mexico, computer intrusions, and child exploitation.  Following the events of 9/11, SSA Caruthers worked extensively on terrorism-related matters for over a year.  In 2003, SA Caruthers became the coordinator for the FBI’s “Innocent Images” program and worked several successful cases over the course of many years, to include the nationally celebrated indictment of 7 members of NAMBLA’s core membership in a multi-state undercover operation.

    SSA Caruthers has taught Cybercrime courses at the International Law Enforcement Academy in Budapest, served special assignments in Moscow and Kyiv, and recently returned from The Netherlands, where he was embedded with the Dutch National Police’s High Tech Crime Unit for 1 year.

    SSA Caruthers is currently working at FBI’s Headquarters in Washington, DC and is responsible for the FBI’s SCADA program in addition to the management of several West coast divisions’ cybercrime programs.

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