Tom Armstrong

Tom Armstrong currently serves as TRM's Compliance Advisor where he provides expert guidance and advisory support to traditional financial institutions, emerging crypto businesses, and regulators on industry best practices for the detection and prevention of money laundering and financial crime within digital assets. Prior to joining TRM, Tom spent over nine years at Goldman Sachs leading various investigative teams. He served as the Head of Financial Crime Compliance Digital Assets at Goldman Sachs, leading the strategic efforts to build the bank’s first dedicated financial crime compliance team covering blockchain-based assets. He also served as the Global Head of the Forensics Group, Head of the Financial Intelligence Unit, and Transaction Surveillance Group. He earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Tulsa College of Law where he specialized in International Law.