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Welcome to the South Florida ACAMS Chapter web page! This new Chapter was founded on November 7, 2007 by an Executive Board composed of professionals from the AML field active in the South Florida region. The Chapter’s role is to assist the international association in its mission to advance the professional knowledge, skills and experience of those dedicated to the detection and prevention of international money laundering by representing the association to the local members and community. One of the Chapter’s goals is to promote ACAMS as a platform for career development and professional networking for individuals. In addition, the Chapter will be a resource for financial institutions and related businesses to identify specialists in the rapidly expanding anti-money laundering field by organizing meetings and events of local interest for members and non-members.
For inquires contact SoFlaACAMSChapter@gmail.com
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Upcoming Events
New Regulations Based on FinCEN’s Final Rule on Prepaid Access
May 10, 2012
Location
Adolfo Ibanez Schoolof Management
1200 Brickell Avenue
Suite 300
Miami, FL 33131
Registration: 5:30 p.m.
Event: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Description
By many accounts, prepaid cards are entering a major period of growth and refinement. The economic downturn and new regulations affecting competing products (such as credit cards and deposit accounts) could further stimulate this development. However, the prepaid card market also faces significant challenges. In the past few years, regulations have been issued that affect prepaid cards and more regulation could be coming.
Several factors explain this level of scrutiny, including:
- customers’ increased exposure to prepaid products,
- concerns about gaps in the current regulations, and
- concerns about possible use to facilitate illegal activities and money laundering.
Let’s discuss this intriguing topic with Michael McDonald.
Speaker
Michael R McDonald, CAMS
Michael McDonald & Associates, Inc.
Drinks and Light Fare will be served
Previous Events
AML Due Diligence Practices for Hedge Funds
March 1, 2012
ACAMS & ACFE South Florida Chapter 2011 AML/Fraud Conference
October 26, 2011
Blueprint for a Compliant AML Program
May 12, 2011


2011 Fraud Conference (ACFE and IIA)
March 18th, 2011
Money Services Businesses: Understanding the "Hotspots" Before Your Next AML Exam
February 10, 2011
Download Presentation

South Florida Chapter Learning Event (2/10/11)

Speaker Derek Ganter
Roundtable: AML Training Programs - Learning Styles, Training Approaches & Technology
September 14,10
Download Presentation
Resume Building and Job Search Workshop
August 17, 2010
Download Presentation (Rebeca Martinez)
Download Presentation (Ronie Foumia)
MSB 360º: A Compliance Perspective
July 15, 2010
Download Presentation (Michael McDonald)
AML Trends and the 2010 FFIEC AML/BSA Examination Manual
June 24, 2010
South Florida: Ground Zero for Medicare Fraud
May 13, 2010
Roundtable: Role of Information Technology in Anti-Money Laundering Compliance
April 29, 2010
Download Presentation
FCPA, Contributions to Political Campaigns and Money Laundering
April 22, 2010
Executive Board
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Karen A. Benson, Esq., CAMS
Co-Chair
Jorden Burt LLP
Ms. Benson is a regulatory attorney in the Miami office of Jorden Burt LLP. Her practice focuses on securities and insurance law, and she is the firm's resource on anti-money laundering compliance matters. She received her Juris Doctor degree (magna cum laude) from the George Washington University Law School in 2002. She received her Bachelor of Science degrees in Political Science and International Relations (summa cum laude) from Syracuse University in 1999.
e-mail: kea@jordenusa.com |
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S. Marshall Martin
Co-Chair
City National Bank
Marshall has over fifteen (15) years of substantial bank regulatory compliance/risk management, finance, accounting, and legal experience. He joined City National Bank of Florida in early February 2009 as co-General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. At City National, Marshall has joint accountability for the legal affairs of the bank and as such is responsible for compliance with state/federal legal and regulatory requirements. In addition, his responsibilities include leadership, strategy development and execution in the areas of Compliance and Bank Secrecy Act.
Prior to his current role, Marshall joined Wachovia in January 2003 and served in the Legal Division as Assistant General Counsel for the General Banking Group (GBG). In August 2005, Marshall joined the GBG’s Operations Group as Director of International & High Risk Customer Governance. There he was responsible for executing against USA PATRIOT Act, Bank Secrecy Act, and OCC mandates with respect to high-risk customers (e.g., NRAs, MSBs, PEPs, charities, foreign legal entities, travel agencies, etc.). To that end, Marshall was directly responsible for: (i) the GBG’s CIP program; (ii) establishing adequate policies and procedures/controls, risk assessments, etc., for the bank’s high risk customers, (iii) executing against those policies and procedures, (iv) created/managed an analytics and quality assurance team, and (v) managed a team of 100 plus FTE with a budget of nearly $9 million.
Before joining Wachovia, his experience revolved around financial services/bank consulting in a variety of regulatory matters. Formerly of the FDIC, Marshall has extensive experience in working with the federal and state bank/thrift regulatory agencies. His experience includes managing applications and notices regarding all aspects of mergers and acquisitions, de-novo branches, branch closures, bank/thrift holding company formations, de-novo bank and thrift applications, development of business plans & proforma financials for de-novo applications, etc. In addition, Marshall served as general counsel and compliance officer at a large multi-state/country money transmitter and has extensive banking experience dealing with money services businesses.
e-mail: marshall.martin@citynational.com |
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Patricia Marinho
Programming Director
Mountview Money Transfer
Ms. Marinho is CEO/Chief Compliance Officer for Mountview Money Transfers. Patricia Marinho manages the company's BSA and anti-money laundering programs, as well as coordinates the entire compliance efforts with all Federal and State laws. Prior to working at Mount View Money Transfers, Patricia was EVP/Chief Compliance Officer at MoneyExpress Financial Corp. She began her career as an attorney, working first as assistant of a judge, then as counsel for law firms and companies in Brazil and the US in the areas of Intellectual Property, Computer Law and Business Immigration. After being involved with the compliance area in 2003, Patricia Marinho participated to international AML conferences, developed compliance manuals, training manuals and videos, implemented compliance monitoring systems and interfaced state examiners and auditors in various examinations. She taught Computer Law for MBA classes at Fundacao Getulio Vargas. She has a LLM from the University of Miami School of Law, a law degree from Brazil, she studied Intellectual Property at the University of Berkeley and Florence. She speaks five languages. She is a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Moneylaundering Specialist and the co-Membership Director of the ACAMS South Florida Chapter.
e-mail: pmarinho@mvtransfers.com
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Nicolas P. Salas, CAMS
Co-Programming Director
Banco do Brasil Securities LLC
Nicholas Salas has 17 years of financial industry experience divided between US and Latin America. His multicultural background and experience were key to establish strong foundations for the Firms he has worked. He is currently a Compliance Officer at Banco do Brasil Securities LLC in Miami, FL. His work experience includes various senior administrative, operations and compliance positions in Brazil and the U.S, also extending supervisory compliance oversight in other jurisdictions such as Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Peru. Through his career he served as CCO for InterBolsa Securities LLC, Administrative Officer at Merrill Lynch Brazil, International and Service Center Officer at Merrill Lynch Latin America in Miami, Administrative Manager at Wachovia Securities in Brazil, Senior International Compliance Consultant with Wachovia Securities in the U.S. and Head of Compliance for European Financial Group (EFG Capital in Miami) among others. He holds several U.S. Licensing Securities Examinations, including but not limited to Series 7, Series 9, Series 10, Series 24 & Series 63. He is fluent in English, Portuguese and Spanish.
e-mail: nicholas.salas@gmail.com
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Lorenzo Delzoppo, CAMS
Communications Director
Community Bank of Florida
Mr. Delzoppo joined Community Bank of Florida in 2006 as BSA/AML Officer. He is responsible for managing the bank’s corporate-wide anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing programs, as well as leading and coordinating all compliance efforts. Previously, he supervised AML monitoring of international wire transfer activities as Chief Compliance Officer of MoneyExpress Financial Corp., a US financial institution with subsidiaries in Portugal, Spain and the UK. Prior to joining MoneyExpress, he worked as Chief Compliance Officer at Girosol Corp., a money services business operating in 35 US states and 42 countries. He has developed compliance manuals, training manuals and videos, trained employees on BSA/AML subjects, implemented monitoring software and interfaced state and federal examiners in numerous examinations. He has a LLM from the University Of Miami School Of Law, a law degree from Italy and speaks five languages.
e-mail: lorenzod@communitybankfl.com |
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Josue Garcia, CAMS
Co-Communications Director
TIB Bank
Josue Garcia, Security Compliance Analyst at TIB Bank, a $1.73 billion commercial bank with 28 branches, joined the bank in July 2004. He performs a myriad of investigative compliance research and analysis associated with customer activity pursuant to various regulatory initiatives, such as the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), USA PATRIOT Act, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Josue serves on the Compliance Committee and on the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) Committee. Josue is currently working towards completing a combined bachelors and masters degree in Criminal Justice from Florida International University. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and has 10 years of banking experience. He also serves as a mentor for Take Stock In Children a non-profit organization that provided scholarships to low-income and at-risk students since 2005.
e-mail: jgarcia@tibbank.com |
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Albert Rodriguez, CAMS
Co-Membership Director
Acclaim Resources
Mr. Rodriguez is president of Acclaim Resources, a Miami based company that provides institutions with regulatory guidance and automated compliance solutions to help meet their audit and regulatory requirements. Mr. Rodriguez is responsible for Specialized Training and Evaluations on internal controls, software products, and tools to pinpoint solutions necessary to meet specific regulatory requirements for financial institutions in order to reduce compliance risk and increase organizational efficiencies. He has fifteen-years of experience in banking, business and operations management specializing in BSA/AML, organizational development, management of legal affairs and related documentation, loan origination and administration, and corporate restructure. Throughout his career, Mr. Rodriguez has worked successfully with various institutions to help them increase efficiency and mitigate their exposure to risk.
e-mail: arodriguez@acclaimrcs.com |
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Richard William Wichmann, Jr., CAMS
Secretary
Mr. Wichmann has 7 years experience in Regulatory Compliance in the Insurance Industry. He was the Director of AML and OFAC Compliance for Assurant Inc., where he initially developed the AML and suspicious activities reporting programs. He served on the AML and OFAC Compliance Committees. He was also the Privacy Officer for the Assurant Solutions and Assurant Specialty Property subsidiaries. He has coordinated program development and documentation, training curriculum development and training classes, communications and audit activities, in each of these areas. He is a member of International Association of Privacy Professionals, as well as ACAMS. He received a Master’s Degree in Demographics from Florida State University.
e-mail: rwichmann@bellsouth.net |
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Johana Ugas, CAMS
Co-Secretary
Ocean Bank
Ms. Ugas has over 10 years of experience in BSA/AML. She is a native of Caracas, Venezuela where she obtained a Juris Doctorate from Universidad Catolica Andres Bello. In 2000, she graduated Magna Cum Laude from Northwood University located in West Palm Beach, Florida where she obtained a Bachelors degree in Business Administration with a double major in International Business and Management. She is fluent in both English and Spanish, speaks French and Italian and is currently learning Portuguese. Her professional experience includes an internship in Diego Cisneros Organization, in Caracas, at the vice-presidency of the legal corporate division of Venevision (largest privately owned TV channel); once in the US, she started working for Mercantil Commercebank NA (formerly known as Commercebank NA) where she began as liaison between Personal Banking International and Compliance Departments and shortly ascended to the position of BSA Analyst. At BAC Florida Bank she became an AVP BSA Analyst. Currently she works at the BSA/AML Department of Ocean Bank as head of the KYC Unit.
e-mail: jugas@oceanbank.com |
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