The Chapter was founded in November of 2004 by an Executive Board comprised of industry experts and law enforcement professionals in the AML and counter-terrorist-financing fields. The Chapter seeks to promote the overall mission of ACAMS—that is, “…to advance the professional knowledge, skills and experience of those dedicated to the prevention, detection and reporting of international money laundering….” The Chapter also seeks to promote ACAMS as a platform for career development and professional networking for its members, by organizing meetings and events of local interest, where we will present speakers from the private sector, the supervisory and regulatory agencies and from law enforcement. We hope the Chapter will be an effective and productive resource for financial institutions and related businesses, and we welcome your participation.

For inquires contact acamsnewyorkchapter@gmail.com

Home of the World Champion New York Giants!

Erika Giovanetti, CAMS
Co-Chair
Citi

Erika joined Citi’s Global Consumer Group as Vice President of AML Compliance in April 2011. She supports the Consumer and Card global businesses as part of the AML Advisory team in Long Island City. Prior to joining the AML Advisory team, Erika was a member of Citi’s broker-dealer joint venture, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, where she supervised the targeted AML training program. Erika also spent several years as the AML/OFAC compliance auditor for American Express Travel Related Services where she orchestrated the seller risk assessment and was a member of the development team that created the on-site seller supervision program. While at American Express she was twice honored with the General Counsel’s Reward and Recognition Award and named Chairperson of the Professional Organization and Development Committee. Prior to her time at American Express, Erika served on the Bank Secrecy Act team at North Fork Bank where she was integral in developing the KYC program and employee training programs. Erika received a Bachelor of Science in Journalism (BSJ) from West Virginia University with concentrations in broadcast news and political science. She has been an active member of ACAMS since 2007.

e-mail: erika.l.giovanetti@citi.com

Vasilios Chrisos, CAMS
Co-Chair
Macquarie Group

Vasilios oversees the management of Macquarie’s AML and sanctions programs in North and South America. He is responsible for conducting risk assessments, developing AML policies and procedures, ensuring employees receive periodic AML training, acting as an adviser to stakeholders regarding AML/CTF and sanctions matters, managing investigations, as appropriate, ensuring Suspicious Activity Reports are prepared and filed timely, performing compliance testing, participating in the new business / product approval process, and chairing various AML Working Groups across the region.

Prior to joining Macquarie, Vasilios helped lead Ernst & Young’s AML advisory practice by managing projects / initiatives at large, complex institutions. He assisted and advised financial services institutions in developing comprehensive AML risk assessment frameworks, identifying inherent money laundering vulnerabilities, establishing customer risk ranking protocols, designing AML compliance programs, implementing policies, procedures, and controls, creating AML governance structures, establishing Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) protocols, and developing transaction monitoring capabilities. Vasilios has worked with financial institutions that were either undergoing or facing regulatory enforcement actions and advised them on the construction of action plans and communication strategies with regulators, including regular updates on the progress of remediation efforts.

Vasilios is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS). In addition, to his role on the New York chapter board, he’s also involved with several ACAMS taskforces.

e-mail: Vasilios.Chrisos@macquarie.com

Meryl Lutsky
Secretary
New York State Attorney General's Office

Meryl has been the Chief of both the Money Laundering Unit of the New York State Attorney General’s Office and the New York State Crime Proceeds Strike Force since 2004. These units investigate and prosecute money laundering and its associated criminal conduct, as well as violations of the Banking and Tax laws. To investigate these complex crimes more effectively and creatively, Meryl has assembled a task force consisting of federal and state prosecutors, law enforcement officers, and regulators. Meryl has jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute crimes throughout New York State. And because these investigations often extend to other states and countries, Meryl has developed key partnerships with many other jurisdictions, working with them to investigate and prosecute these mobile and multifaceted criminal enterprises. Among other cases, Meryl has recently investigated several multi-state fraud rings whose crimes included identity theft, money laundering, credit card fraud, bank fraud, and wire fraud. More than forty individuals, including lawyers, mortgage brokers, money transmitters, and bank branch managers and other officials, have been indicted. Losses from these criminal enterprises currently total more than $50 million. 

e-mail: meryl.lutsky@oag.state.ny.us

Harold Adams Crawford, CAMS
Co-Secretary
Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Harold “Hal” Crawford is the Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering and the Deputy Director of Compliance for Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (BBH), the oldest and largest partnership bank in the United States of America. Mr. Crawford is responsible for oversight and direction of the firm’s international AML & Sanctions programs and participates in a variety of senior management activities designed to enhance firm-wide regulatory risk management control practices.

Mr. Crawford has more than twenty-one years of experience in global financial services, advisory and national bank supervision. His banking experience includes serving as the Deputy Regional Money Laundering Prevention Officer and Head of Financial Intelligence at UBS Investment Bank in New York, the National Director for Enhanced Due Diligence at the U.S. Trust Company of New York and Compliance Officer for Mid-Hudson Savings Bank. Hal spent several years working for Arthur Andersen’s Regulatory Risk Services Practice, and was a National Bank Examiner with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC). He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist, a member of the NY ACAMS Chapter Board, a volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America and holds a B.S. Degree in Political Science.

e-mail: hal.crawford@bbh.com

Robert L. Goecks, CPA, MBA, CAMS, CFE
Treasurer
EGRIS LLc

Rob is the President of Egris LLC, an advisory services practice, specializing in Bank Secrecy Act compliance, anti-money laundering, Office of Foreign Assets Controls (OFAC) matters and related financial crimes. Rob has extensive knowledge in BSA/AML gained from working as Practice Leader of Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Services for Eisner LLP and as the AML Compliance Officer for an established private bank/wealth management firm headquartered in Manhattan. Prior to his work with Eisner and the private bank/wealth management firm, Rob completed a career as a Special Agent with IRS Criminal Investigations where he conducted and supervised money-laundering investigations. Rob is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York State Society of CPAs and Chair of the Society’s Anti-Money Laundering & Counter Terrorist Financing Committee. Rob earned his B.A. degree in Accounting and an MBA with a concentration in Finance from the University of Texas at Arlington. He is a Certified Public Accountant licensed in the State of Wisconsin.

e-mail: rgoecks@egrisllc.com

Allen Love, CAMS
Co-Treasurer
TD Bank

Allen has been involved with the money laundering and financial crime field for more than 19 years. Allen brings a unique perspective to the AML field because he has held senior positions in law enforcement, consulting and industry. As a Special Agent with IRS CID, Allen was responsible for conducting and supervising complex money laundering investigations. Allen was an original member of the El Dorado Task Force. As a consultant, Allen assisted numerous financial services institutions in developing and implementing AML programs and provided detailed guidance to several entities on addressing issues relating to Cease and Desist Orders. In industry, Allen served as the AML/BSA Officer for PayPal , the Global AML Officer for GE Commercial Finance and Vice President of Compliance at Depository Trust Clearing Corporation where he also was the BSA Officer for the Warehouse Trust. Allen has been a guest lecturer at colleges, law schools and numerous conferences. Allen was a featured speaker before the Financial Action Task Force on electronic payment systems. Allen is currently the Deputy Global AML Officer in the U.S for TD Bank.

e-mail: allen.love@yesbank.com

Denise M. Wright, CAMS
Membership Director
Rabobank International  

Denise is the Head of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Sanctions Compliance for Rabobank North America Wholesale.  Denise is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the  AML and Sanctions compliance program for Rabobank across the United States, Canadian and Mexican office, as well as Rabo Securities USA Inc. 

Denise has over 10 years experience in financial services and compliance.  Some of her banking experience includes Bank Regulatory Compliance at Societe Generale, Senior AML Officer at RBC Capital Markets LLC and AML Officer at U.S. Trust Company of New York.  In these capacities, she was responsible for coordinating Regulatory Exams, conducting risk reviews of Banking laws and regulations, analyzing the impact of financial reform, and served as an active member of AML and Governance Committees.

Denise received her law degree from New York Law School and is admitted to practice law before the Courts of the State of New York.  She maintains a Series 7 license and has been an active member of ACAMS since 2004.

e-mail: Denise.Wright@rabobank.com

David B. Chenkin, CAMS
Co-Membership Director
Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP

David represents financial institutions in civil, criminal, regulatory and compliance matters. As head of the firm's anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act compliance groups, he represents institutions under investigation by Congress, federal, state and local prosecutors, and banking regulators. He also handles confidential internal investigations for clients facing potential civil, criminal and regulatory problems.

e-mail: dchenkin@zeklaw.com

James (Jim) D. Stubbs, CAMS
Programming Director
Citi

Jim is a Managing Director and Global AML Head for Consumer and Cards based in New York office. Prior to joining Citi, Jim was a Managing Director at BDO Consulting responsible for the firm’s Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Compliance Advisory and Forensics initiatives. Jim served as Chief Compliance and Ethics Officer within American Express Bank Ltd. (AEB), leading a global team of more than 200 professionals. In his more than 20 years at American Express he also served as the Senior Compliance Officer for the Merchant Services and Global Network Services businesses. He has worked extensively in more than 30 countries with institutions in Latin America, Europe and the Baltics, Russia and the CIS, and South Asia. Jim has also designed and delivered training to Central Intelligence Agency (Langley) Analysts regarding Correspondent Banking monitoring techniques, and provided numerous training sessions covering all major areas of regulatory compliance, reputational risk management and Code of Conduct standards. He is a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a B.S. in Accounting and is a Certified Public Accountant.

e-mail: jamesdstubbs@aol.com

Daniel Wager
Co-Programming Director
TD Bank

Prior to joining TD Bank in September 2011, Daniel served as a Supervisory Special Agent with the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). From 2008 to 2011 he served as the director of the New York High Intensity Financial Crime Area (HIFCA), a multi-agency financial intelligence unit that was identified in the 2006 FATF United States Mutual Evaluation as “a model for the rest of the country.” During his service with HSI, the U.S. Customs Service, and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor Racketeering and Fraud Investigations, Daniel conducted investigations into traditional organized crime, fraud, narcotics, insider trading, arms trafficking, national security and terrorism. He is the recipient of commendations from the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Central Intelligence Agency for his work in national security investigations. Daniel is a veteran of U.S. Army Special Operations and Military Intelligence, with combat service in Panama and Iraq. He is a magna cum laude graduate of Marist College, a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).

e-mail: daniel.wager@td.com

Barry Koch, CAMS
Communications Director
JPMorgan Chase

Barry joined the corporate AML compliance team of JPMorgan Chase upon its acquisition of Washington Mutual in September 2008. At WaMu, he was a Senior Vice President and the Bank Secrecy Act Officer. Prior to that he was the Global Head of Anti-Money Laundering at American Express, where he was responsible for managing the corporate-wide AML and Sanctions compliance programs, along with the compliance programs for the Travelers Cheques and Foreign Exchange businesses. While at Amex, he served on FinCEN's Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group, created by Congress to advise the Secretary of the Treasury on BSA issues. He has held senior compliance positions at Charles Schwab & Co., and at Smith Barney. Barry participates in industry groups such as The Wolfsberg Forum, The New York Clearing House AML Committee and the U.S. Treasury Department’s Private Sector Dialogue. He is a member of the Advisory Board of ACAMS.

e-mail: barry.koch@jpmchase.com

Martin Feuer, CAMS
Co-Communications Director
Zurich Financial Services

Martin is chief compliance officer for the North American business divisions of Zurich, based in New York. Martin joined Zurich in October 2005.  Prior to this position, he has many years experience in the financial service industry, including as a Director at Deloitte; compliance officer for the US operations of Banca di Roma; and Senior Level Examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Martin also had European assignments with Manufacturers Hanover Trust and Bank of America. Martin has an MBA from Adelphi University in New York and a bachelor's degree from New York Institute of Technology.  Martin is a member of the Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists and he is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.  Martin is on the Business Advisory Board of the School of Management at NYIT and on the Executive Board of the ACAMS New York Chapter. Martin is married with two children and enjoys travel, golf and stamp collecting.

e-mail: Martin.feuer@zurich.com

Peter D. Wild, FCA, CAMS
J.P.Morgan
Board Member

Peter joined the Internal Audit Department of the Firm in 1996 and has been responsible for the Information Technology audit support for the corporate Legal & Compliance applications since 2007. Upon moving to America from England he became the IT Audit Director for Republic National Bank of New York. Later he was a Senior Audit Manager at Coopers & Lybrand and then moved to the Melville Corporation as the IT Audit Director and subsequently became their Director of Information Systems Planning. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales {FCA} and he is a Past President of the New York Chapter of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association {ISACA}. He is also a member of the Honourable Artillery Company of London.

e-mail: peter.wild@chase.com