John Vagelatos

John Vagelatos is an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Vagelatos is currently a member of Business & Securities Fraud Unit. From 2014 to 2019, Mr. Vagelatos was the Chief of Affirmative Civil Enforcement for the Office. He is currently the Office’s Mortgage Fraud Coordinator.

Mr. Vagelatos has handled or supervised dozens of complex federal investigations and cases. Notably, Mr. Vagelatos led the Eastern District investigation into the residential mortgage backed securities practices of Citigroup, leading to Citigroup’s $7 billion settlement with the Department of Justice. Mr. Vagelatos’ experience also includes actions under the False Claims Act, the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act (“FIRREA”), and the Anti-Fraud Injunction Act. From 2022-2024, he secured multiple convictions in a billion dollar international health care fraud scheme.

Mr. Vagelatos is a recipient of the Attorney General’s Award for Fraud Prevention, the Attorney General’s Award for Distinguished Service, the Federal Law Enforcement Foundation’s Federal Prosecutor Award, and the New York City Bar Association’s Henry L. Stimson Medal. He is a graduate of the Columbia University School of Law, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar.