Virtual Doors Open

Opening Remarks

Lauren Kohr, Senior Director, AML-Americas, ACAMS

Forging Public Private and Inter Agency Alliances to Foster Information Sharing and Strengthen Investigations

• Maintaining ongoing relationships with financial institutions to achieve consensus on common values and goals and work jointly to optimize usefulness of shared intelligence such as BSA data
• Identifying and resolving challenges to public private partnerships including restrictive privacy laws, uncooperative institutions or jurisdictions and lapses in inter agency cooperation
• Scaling information sharing networks to include non bank enterprises such as NGOs, academia and private industry to enrich quantity and quality of data of investigative value

Moderator:

Victor R. Cardona, CAMS, Senior Vice President, BSA Officer, Golden State Bank

Presenters:

Harold Davis, Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Craig Timm, Managing Director, Financial Crimes Emerging Risk, Strategic Initiatives & Government Liaison, Bank of America

Raymond Villanueva, CAMS, Special Agent in Charge, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)

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Addressing Criminal Typologies of FinTech, Crypto and Other Payment Processors

• Understanding alternative payment systems unique characteristics and money laundering risks such as rapid cross border transfers, anonymity, and lack of formal regulation
• Analyzing financial crime risks of emerging systems particularly De Centralized Finance to resolve challenges such as transactions without traditional financial intermediaries such as banks
• Reviewing tools including blockchain forensics to track illicit flows of digital currencies and assemble evidence in money laundering and fraud cases

Moderator:

Frederick Reynolds, Chief Compliance Officer, BREX

Presenters:

William Capra, Special Agent | Program Manager – Financial Crimes Unit, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)

Michael P. Moran, CFTIU – Cyber-Fraud Threat Intelligence Unit, United States Secret Service (USSS)

Angel Nguyen Swift, Senior Vice President, Head of Financial Crime Compliance, BSA/AML Officer, LendingClub

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Enhancing Your Subpoena Process for More Effective Financial Investigations

• Reviewing potential issues of subpoenaed banks including overly broad or unclear requests, time requirements for compliance and record retention requirements of financial institutions
• Working with financial institutions to ensure subpoenas cover non-depository transactions, enhanced due diligence, transaction monitoring analysis and high-risk customer reviews
• Outlining data often not reflected on financial statements including currency exchanges to highlight types of “hidden” transactions that can aid investigations

Facilitators:

Jennifer Ambuehl, Deputy Chief Counsel, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)

Lauren Kohr, Senior Director, AML-Americas, ACAMS

Break

Building an Effective Financial Fraud and Money Laundering Case for Trial

• Identifying the importance of financial records in an investigation and assembling and verifying critical financial documents and findings needed to prepare for an indictment, trial, and testimony
• Organizing your investigative stages and addressing challenges in record management
• Preparing yourself and your case for trial, including developing a trial strategy and understanding potential holes in your case

Facilitators:

Krista Bradford, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

Michael Bruno, Anti-Money Laundering Program Manager, United States Postal Inspection Service (USPIS)

Closing remarks

Lauren Kohr, Senior Director, AML-Americas, ACAMS