Patrick A’Hearn is currently the Deputy AML Officer for Tompkins Community Bank headquartered in Ithaca, NY, where he is responsible for assisting the AML Officer in day-to-day operations as well as managing AML and Fraud models, validation, testing, and tuning functions. Patrick began his career with M&T Bank shortly after graduating from the University at Buffalo School of Law and passing the bar exam.  He worked as an EDD investigator before moving over to support the QA function.  In 2018, he left to become the BSA/AML/OFAC Compliance Officer at Bank of Akron in Akron, NY.  In 2020, Bank of Akron was purchased by CNB Bank/Bank on Buffalo and Patrick quickly joined Bank of Holland for a brief stint as their BSA Officer before accepting the same position with Tompkins Community Bank in 2021.  He is a licensed attorney in the State of New York and has been a member of ACAMS since 2018.