United States Attorney
Benjamin B. Wagner
Prior to becoming a United States Attorney, Benjamin B. Wagner was a federal prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California for over 17 years.
Between 2000 and 2009, he was Chief of the Special Prosecutions Unit in that office, which is responsible for prosecuting public corruption, financial frauds, tax evasion, corporate fraud, cyber crimes, identity theft, and other federal crimes. He also served as the district antiterrorism coordinator, overseeing national security and terrorism-related investigations and prosecutions. He has received national awards for his work on public corruption, money laundering, tax evasion, domestic terrorism, and health care fraud cases.
From 2005 to 2006, Wagner was stationed in Jakarta, Indonesia as the U.S. Department of Justice’s Resident Legal Advisor, advising Indonesian prosecutors on combating corruption, terrorism, money laundering, and related criminal justice issues. He was awarded the Meritorious Honor Award by the U.S. State Department for his work in Indonesia.
Prior to joining the U.S. Department of Justice in 1992, Wagner spent over five years as an associate at the New York City law firm of Cahill, Gordon & Reindel. He graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1986, where he was Managing Editor of the NYU Journal of International Law and Politics, and from Dartmouth College in 1982.