The question of why I pursue this work demands a sociological examination of the structural and cultural dynamics that perpetuate white-collar fraud within organizational settings.
White-collar offenses—characterized by deceit, concealment, and violation of trust in positions of high social status and occupational authority—represent not merely individual moral failures but systemic phenomena embedded in corporate cultures, opportunity structures, and differential associations that normalize deviant practices among supposedly “respectable” professionals.
As Managing Partner of BDM, LLC, my trajectory is a deliberate, unrelenting counter-response to these dynamics. Rooted in an ironclad commitment to organizational integrity, transformative leadership, and systemic justice, this path has meant staring down entrenched patterns of internal fraud that exploit governance gaps and erode institutional trust—then dismantling them with precision and force.
Adversities, including protracted legal battles in DuPage County, IL, have only sharpened my focus, exposing how power asymmetries and institutional resistance shield elite deviance. This has fueled an ethnographic and analytical orientation toward ripping the veil off these mechanisms. My multidisciplinary foundation is battle-hardened:
- Former FINRA-registered representative (Series 6 & 63 certified) through a major insurance provider as well as KDM Insurance and Financial Services, paired with full life, health, and property/casualty insurance licensure — granting me the insider’s edge: I’ve sat in the broker’s seat, mastered the full regulatory playbook, navigated client obligations, product compliance, and institutional oversight from the inside out. This isn’t theoretical knowledge—it’s the real-world expertise that lets me spot fraud-enabling loopholes before most even see the smoke.
- Former NCAA Division I four-year full athletic scholarship, Eastern Illinois University Panthers, Starting Running Back— forged unbreakable discipline, mental toughness under extreme pressure, and the savage drive to dominate in high-stakes, zero-margin-for-error environments.
- Extensive white collar executive level telecom security sector experience (Norlight Telecom, Lucent Technologies, Ameritech, SBC, AT&T, Cogent Communications) combined with hands-on financial security governance (Bartlett Fire Protection District) — where I built and enforced robust controls that met and exceeded federal, state, and local standards.
- Advanced education — M.Ed. and MBA — fusing rigorous academic research with street-smart financial mastery to expose institutional deceit, quantify hidden risks, and deploy compliance-driven, transformative solutions that actually stick.
- Neurodivergent cognitive profile — characterized by exceptional pattern recognition, hyper-attention to detail, and unwavering commitment to logic, rules, and systemic integrity. These innate strengths supercharge abilities to detect subtle anomalies, trace hidden inconsistencies in data and behavior, and uncover fraud-enabling vulnerabilities that evade conventional scrutiny — turning what some view as “difference” into a powerful forensic edge in anti-fraud, compliance, and accountability work.
- Lineage
- Rooted in Chicago’s strong professional traditions:
- Father, Dennis Montgomery — Dunbar High School and DePaul University graduate — retired as Senior Vice President and Head of Internal Audit at CNA Insurance and Financial Services, with over 30 years leading multi-national, high value, white-collar financial fraud investigations, financial crimes consulting, systems development and rigorous internal controls in the insurance and financial sector.
- Mother, Mary Montgomery — Dunbar High School graduate — retired after more than 30 years in union management, leadership, ticket sales, and airport operations at Trans World Airlines (TWA), serving O’Hare International Airport and downtown Chicago offices (later acquired by American Airlines).
- Rooted in Chicago’s strong professional traditions:
BDM, LLC, positioned on the Bartlett Fire District board, helped recover millions laundered from full time union fighters and taxpayers in the remote DuPage County town of Bartlett, Illinois—turning laundered budgetary fraud tactics (siphoned straight into a former corrupt fire chief and other DuPage officials’ wallets) back into public and union funds.
All reported to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Offices in 2010 (Which was led by former states attorney, -now Judge, Joseph E. Birkett, an appellate court judge on the Illinois Appellate Court – Second District.)—yet zero formal investigation or prosecution followed.
BDM, LLC has systematically uncovered and dissected State of Illinois, specifically, DuPage countywide corporate-court fraud rackets: bid riggings, kickbacks, money laundering, when exposed, result in targeted or organized stalking (personal, employment, and financial harms), coordinated employment gaslighting and discriminatory actions, coinciding with an existing grand larceny schemes that negatively impact FBI recognized Indigenous personal finances, facilitated at will by various DuPage administrations, including the State’s Attorney’s Office in Wheaton, Illinois, now led by Bob Berlin.
This is evidence-based warfare against under-enforced elite deviance—delivering ironclad document authentication, forensic-level scrutiny, and compliance interventions that disrupt schemes siphoning millions while building resilient governance that starves unethical diffusion.
Central to the mission: white-collar fraud thrives where occupational socialization, perverse incentives, and cultural norms enable rationalizations of deviance—often bloodless, yet devastating to society.
Through specialized ethnology services, cultural audits, risk mitigation frameworks, and leadership development, BDM, LLC arms corporate boards, private equity firms, and unions to crush these vulnerabilities.This isn’t just a profession—it’s a sociological intervention: rising above every institutional obstacle to challenge the status quo of protected elite crime, while forging measurable, trust-based dominance in ethical governance.
Grounded in that Division I athletic fire, insider FINRA/KDM financial mastery, telecom trenches, and graduate-level strategic insight, I uncover white-collar fraud, expose the rot, authenticate the evidence, and guide leaders to ethical dominance—no compromise, no retreat.
For deeper insight into these structural analyses (including my ethnological takedown of DuPage County mechanisms), check the Documents section or visit www.brocmontgomery.com to see how this investigative firepower can safeguard and elevate your organization. Connect to discuss tailored solutions that strike at the sociological roots of fraud in your world.
Respectfully,
Broc Montgomery MBA, MEd
Managing Partner
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