David A. Tyree, CAMS

Special Agent David Tyree is the Resident Agent in Charge for the DEA in the State of Wyoming. Mr. Tyree has extensive experience in poly-drug investigations, long-term undercover operations, drug interdiction and is a certified in Federal Court as an expert in money laundering. He has led investigations that resulted in the seizure of over ten-million dollars in laundered drug proceeds in his tenure with the DEA. In addition to being an instructor for the United States Department of Justice’s Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Unit, as a Special Agent for the DEA Mr. Tyree has provided anti-money laundering training to law enforcement and prosecutors in the United States, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. For his successful investigations, Mr. Tyree has received recognition from the DEA, the United States Attorney’s Office, and various international narcotics organizations.  

Mr. Tyree was hired by the DEA in September of 1998. He was first assigned to the Albuquerque, New Mexico District Office after graduating from the DEA Academy in January 1999. Mr. Tyree transferred to the Portland, Oregon District Office in July of 2004. In 2013, Mr. Tyree became the Assistant Country Attaché to the US Ambassador in Portugal and Cape Verde, Africa where he worked with several countries in Europe and West Africa combatting drug trafficking. In June of 2016, Mr. Tyree returned to the United States as an agent, assigned to the Cheyenne Resident Office. In 2017, Mr. Tyree was promoted to Resident Agent in Charge of Wyoming.   

Mr. Tyree is an Oregon native with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from the University of Oregon.  He has been married for 24 years and is the proud father of three beautiful children.