The Firm
About FININT
A firm built on public accounting expertise and intelligence community experience, serving clients in complex, high-stakes situations.
Credentials & Recognition
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Certified in Financial Forensics (CFF)
- Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA)
- Certified Registered Forensic Accountant (CRFAC)
- B.S. Accounting — University of Kentucky
- Career Commendation Medal Recipient
- Recipient of Numerous Exceptional Performance Awards
- Frequent writer and presenter on tax, financial and counterintelligence, and national security issues.
The Founder
Joseph F. Wheeler, CPA, CFF, CGMA, CRFAC
Founder & Principal — FININT Ltd., LLC
Joseph F. Wheeler is a Certified Public Accountant with 35 years of professional experience and a 26-year career at the Central Intelligence Agency, where he served as a financial intelligence expert and as an expert in counterintelligence.
Joe began in public accounting, building expertise in tax compliance, financial reporting, and business advisory before transitioning to the CIA.There he applied accounting discipline to financial intelligence and forensic analysis. He also trained interagency partners including the FBI, OFAC, and the Department of Homeland Security.
That combination of CPA rigor and intelligence-community analytical discipline is the foundation on which FININT was built. Joe founded the firm to serve clients whose situations are too complex, too sensitive, or too high-stakes for a traditional accounting firm. FININT operates a virtual office model and serves clients nationwide.
His recognition includes numerous exceptional performance awards, as well as the Career Commendation Medal. Joe is working with the CPA Academy to develop a financial forensics and investigation course for CPAs that will be going live online later this year. He has also contributed to publications and media on financial crime and homeland security.
Joe is motivated by faith, family, and community, and by a commitment to ensuring that clients facing financial threats receive the most rigorous, professional support available.
Our Story
The Firm
Why FININT Exists
FININT was founded to fill a gap. Clients dealing with fraud, hidden assets, cross-border investments, and crypto exposure needed a firm that thought like an intelligence analyst, not just an accountant. Traditional firms lacked the investigative depth. Traditional investigators lacked the accounting credentials. FININT combines both.
The Cadre Model
FININT operates a global cadre model. Engagements draw on a curated network of specialists: attorneys, investigators, blockchain analysts, and sector experts, scaled to the complexity of each case. Clients get a focused, specialist-level team without the overhead of a large firm.
Two-Division Model
FININT operates two distinct but integrated divisions: Tax, Accounting & Advisory, serving individuals and businesses with tax, compliance, and advisory needs; and Forensics & Investigations, serving clients who need forensic analysis, asset tracing, and investigative support.
Based in Arlington, VA
Arlington is home to federal agencies, the intelligence community, and private financial institutions. FININT operates where those worlds meet. That proximity is built into how the firm thinks and who it serves.
How We Work
Our Approach
Confidentiality as a Baseline
Every client engagement begins with confidentiality — not as a policy, but as a professional commitment. Client identity, matter details, and findings are protected from the first contact through final delivery.
Evidence Discipline
Every conclusion is documented. Every trail is followed. FININT applies the same evidentiary standards to financial investigations that the intelligence community applies to operational analysis: nothing is asserted that cannot be supported.
The Cadre Model
The right specialists for each engagement. Rather than staffing every matter with generalists, FININT assembles specialists whose expertise directly matches the problem — cryptocurrency tracers for crypto cases, forensic accountants for fraud cases, compliance specialists for regulatory matters.
Direct Principal Access
Clients work directly with Joe Wheeler, not with junior staff. FININT does not delegate client relationships. For matters of this sensitivity and complexity, clients deserve the direct engagement of the most qualified person in the firm.
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info@finintltd.comLocation
Arlington, VA · Nationwide Virtual Practice
Confidentiality First
Every inquiry is handled with strict professional confidentiality. Client identity and matter details are protected from the first contact. We operate under attorney-client privilege when engaged in litigation support matters.