Department of
Criminology and Criminal Justice

Chuck Cohen is Vice President at the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). He is a retired Indiana State Police Captain where he served for over 25 years and was most recently the Intelligence and Investigative Technologies Commander. Chuck serves as an Auxiliary Detective with the Indiana University Police Department, providing technical assistance and giving him statewide police authority. In 2020, Chuck was appointed by the Governor of the State of Indiana to serve as an Indiana Gaming Commissioner. He has been a member of the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice faculty since 2003.

Chuck speaks internationally on topics including the implications of online social networks in criminal investigations and criminal intelligence gathering, cybercrime, online fraud, money laundering, corruption investigations, and the investigation of skilled criminal offenders. Chuck testified to the 114th Congress in 2016 as a subject matter expert on encryption. Chuck was a member of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Summer Hard Problem Program in 2008, 2009, and 2010. The 2008 study topic was “3D Cyber Space Spillover: Where Virtual Worlds Get Real.” The 2009 topic was “Mixed Reality: When Virtual Plus Real Equals One.” And, in 2010, the topic was “Online Social Media.” He sits on the IACP Cyber Crime & Digital Evidence Committee and serves as an Association of State Criminal Investigative Agencies Cyber Crime Committee Subject Matter Expert. Chuck is a charter member of the International Association of Cyber & Economic Crime Professionals. 

He is a published author, including peer‐reviewed material and a cover article for Police Chief Magazine. Chuck was featured on the cover of the National White Collar Crime Center’s Informant magazine and a feature guest on the syndicated radio program “The Badge” on SiriusXM. He was a subject matter expert for a Fox nationally syndicated show regarding criminal activity in online dating sites and for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s national news regarding criminal activity in Virtual Worlds.