[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 220 (Thursday, December 23, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1394]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 HONORING THE LIFE OF PERRY MASTROCOLA

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                            HON. JOHN KATKO

                              of new york

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, December 23, 2021

  Mr. KATKO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor and celebrate the 
life of Perry Mastrocola, a dedicated public servant, a gifted attorney 
and educator, and a devoted and loving husband and father who passed 
away in early October.
  Perry served our nation for more than 27 years as both a Federal 
Special Agent and a Federal Prosecutor. During his distinguished 
career, Perry served as a special agent with the IRS Criminal 
Investigation division and later in supervisory roles in IRS offices in 
Cleveland and Charlotte. Perry had extensive experience investigating 
criminal tax offenses, money laundering violations, health care fraud, 
bank secrecy act matters, and other complex financial crimes. He 
retired as the Special Agent in Charge of the IRS office in Charlotte.
  Following his service in the Federal Government, Perry worked as a 
Senior Investigator and Analyst for U.S. Bank's Investigation and 
Enhanced Due Diligence departments. There, he was responsible for 
leading sophisticated internal bank investigations and preparing 
recommendations in cases involving fraud or other unusual 
circumstances. He later joined Flannery Georgalis, a leading litigation 
firm in Charlotte, as a Partner.
  Perry was multi-lingual and because of his unique and dynamic 
language capabilities, he worked with Italian and Mexican authorities 
on many important money laundering investigations. He also taught Anti-
Money Laundering classes to Mexican law enforcement officers and was a 
keynote speaker in numerous Anti-Money Laundering and Bank Secrecy 
seminars for finance and law enforcement representatives around the 
country. Perry also taught undergraduate law classes at his 
undergraduate alma mater, Baldwin-Wallace University, for 14 years.
  Perry was a huge Ohio football fan, actively supporting a variety of 
teams from the Baldwin-Wallace Yellow Jackets to the Cleveland Browns. 
And he spent countless hours coaching sports teams for his sons, 
Vincent and Gabriel--because what mattered most to Perry was his family 
and especially his loving wife of 27 years, Kelly.
  Madam Speaker, I ask that my colleagues in the House join me in 
remembering Perry Mastrocola, honoring his many years of service to our 
country, and keeping both he and his family in our thoughts and 
prayers.

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