Richard Weber is an American public servant currently serving as the General Counsel of the New York State Department of Financial Services.

[3] Weber began his public service career as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1995 to 2005.

On April 1, 2012, Weber became the 23rd Chief of Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) until his departure in June 2017.

[4] Weber had a stint career in the private sector, working as the Managing Director and Head of Anti-Financial Crime (Americas) for Deutsche Bank from 2017 to 2019 and Managing Director and Head of Financial Crime Prevention (Americas) for UBS Group AG from 2019 to 2020.

The 2020 Amazon Prime Video Chilean drama web television series El Presidente shows Richard Weber, as the IRS-CI Chief, announcing the charges on the individuals involved on the 2015 FIFA corruption case.