• Updating FinCEN’s Geographic Targeting Orders on high-value real estate in leading US markets to develop insights into enhanced oversight obligations in at-risk locations

• Tracing mechanisms used to launder illicit proceeds via real estate including shell firm and/or proxy buyers, large all-cash purchases and atypical activity involving escrow transfers

• Auditing gatekeepers including legal and real estate advisors to determine adequacy of controls in areas such as PEP and adverse media screening and beneficial owner verification

Moderator:

Dr. William Scott Grob, CAMS-FCI, CGSS, Director - Research and Analysis, ACAMS

Presenters:

Sarah Beth Felix, CAMS, Founder and President, Palmera Consulting

Jon Fishman, Assistant Director, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, U.S. Department of Treasury

Lakshmi Kumar, Policy Director, Global Financial Integrity

Tim Vallario, Intelligence Analyst, Complex Financial Crime Program - New York Field Office, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)