Dennis
Lormel, CAMS
Dennis M. Lormel has 51 years of distinguished professional experience fighting fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing and related challenges. He spent 31 years in federal government service, 28 of which were as an FBI Special Agent. For the past 20 years, he has been a private sector consultant.
Mr. Lormel is the founder and President of DML Associates, LLC. He provides risk advisory consulting services and training related to a wide range of anti-money laundering compliance and financial crimes matters. Mr. Lormel has provided thought leadership on matters to include terrorist financing, financial crimes, corruption and money laundering through consulting engagements, and through speaking and training events at hundreds of industry conferences, as well as law enforcement and academic schools. He also shares his insight through news media interviews and as author of subject matter expert white papers addressing the current and evolving financial crime and terrorist financing environment.
Mr. Lormel is a current member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Specialists (ACAMS) Advisory Board. He also serves as a guest lecturer at prominent colleges and universities. Mr. Lormel recently completed a two-year term as the President of the Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI.
In his illustrious career in the FBI, Mr. Lormel amassed extensive major case experience as a street agent, supervisor and senior executive. As Chief of the Financial Crimes Program, following the terrorist attacks of 9/11, he established and led the elite Terrorist Financing Operations Section. For his visionary contributions in planning progressive investigative methodologies, Mr. Lormel received the U.S. Department of Justice Award for Investigative Initiative and the George H. W. Bush Award for Excellence in Counterterrorism, from the Central Intelligence Agency.
In his post FBI career, among numerous volunteer activities, Mr Lormel served as an Advisor to the Congressional Anti-Terrorist Financing Task Force and as a Board member for the West Coast AML Forum. He also serves as the Chair of the ACAMS National Capital Chapter.