Claire
Sarzynski, CAMS
Claire Sarzynski, CAMS, is a Compliance Consultant at TCA (Thomas Compliance Associates, Inc.). She has over 13 years of experience in the AML/CFT industry and over 15 years in the banking sector. Her AML/CFT expertise includes direct experience with CTRs, CDD/EDD, financial crimes investigations/SAR filing, and other program elements. While working at three Metro-Detroit financial institutions, she specialized in on-going monitoring of higher risk customer types (e.g., MSBs and cannabis businesses) and financial crimes investigations.
As a consultant, she has performed independent reviews of AML/CFT programs for financial institutions of various asset sizes including banks, credit unions, money services businesses, and crypto asset firms, which operated both nationally and internationally. She has also performed issue validation projects related to regulatory consent orders and focused on testing for New York Department of Financial Services (“NYDFS”) Part 504.
She graduated from the Honors College at Grand Valley State University with a B.A. in English Literature. She obtained CAMS certification in 2013 and is member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS), which includes the Michigan Chapter. She recently joined the ACAMS Michigan Chapter Board of Directors where she currently serves as a general board member.