AFC Trends & Typologies: Demystifying and Disrupting the Ransomware Ecosystem

Joby is a global subject matter expert on cryptoassets, illicit finance and emerging threats. Joby has 18 years of experience and expertise in strategic policy making, critical thinking, threat and risk analysis across the U.K. Government, intelligence and regulatory community. In his previous role Joby was responsible for the management of the Financial Conduct Authority’s Strategic Assessment Team, overseeing a team of analysts tasked with delivering high quality intelligence reporting on money laundering, fraud, market abuse, corruption and other forms of criminality across the regulated sector.

As part of his role Joby has undertaken extensive regulatory and threat analysis of cryptoassets and represented the U.K. on a variety of high-profile engagements. Recently Joby has produced a range of thought leadership papers covering cryptoassets, their regulatory framework, the threat environment and cryptoasset business models. Joby has also had articles published relating to the importance of threat analysis and intelligence sharing.

Seth Sattler, CAMS, is Director of AML at Oscilar, where he guides financial institutions through BSA/AML compliance from initial sales conversations through implementation and ongoing regulatory support. He also contributes to Oscilar's product roadmap with compliance-driven features and represents the company at regulatory forums while developing thought leadership content on AML best practices. Seth previously served as Chief Compliance Officer for multiple cryptocurrency companies, where he built AML programs from scratch, implemented transaction monitoring systems, and successfully navigated multiple regulatory examinations. Earlier while at a traditional financial institution, he optimized transaction monitoring scenarios and served as liaison between investigation teams and model management. Seth has served on international working groups focused on elder abuse, pig butchering, sanctions evasion, ransomware, and fraud prevention.

Bryan Smith currently serves as FINRA’s Senior Vice President for Complex Investigations and Intelligence (CII) as part of the National Cause and Financial Crimes Detection (NCFC) program.  In this role, he oversees the Cyber and Analytics group which houses FINRA’s Cyber-Enabled Fraud, Cyber Security Group, and the Crypto Asset Investigation teams as well as the Illicit Finance & Fraud group composed of the Anti-Money Laundering Teams (AML), the Anti-Fraud Investigative Team (AFI); the High Risk Representative Group (HRR); the Vulnerable Adults and Seniors Investigation Team (VAST) as well as being responsible for U.S Law Enforcement Engagement.

Prior to joining FINRA, Bryan spent more than 21 years with the FBI as a Special Agent and most recently was the Section Chief for the FBI’s Cyber Criminal Operations, responsible for all of the FBI’s investigations and operations against cyber criminal actors and threats.  Previous FBI leadership assignments included leading the Cyber/White Collar branch of the Cleveland office, the FBI’s national money laundering/bank fraud program, and serving as the FBI Detailee to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission where he assisted both agencies in insider trading, market manipulation, and investment fraud matters. His experience crosses over financial crimes, cyber, and virtual currency and in 2013 he initiated the FBI's first unit focused on cryptocurrency.  A proponent of public private partnerships he initiated several private sector outreach efforts to better leverage the complementary knowledge of both. Prior to the FBI, he was a consultant for Accenture and Deloitte and graduated from Bradley University with a degree in Accounting.

Christopher Wong has worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for nine years, supporting many of the FBI’s most successful cryptocurrency cases. SSA Wong currently works in the FBI’s Virtual Assets Unit (VAU), spearheading efforts to reduce illicit activity in the cryptocurrency ecosystem. He has provided impactful, strategic support to counter North Korea’s illicit revenue generation through cryptocurrency-related crime. He has also investigated many other largescale cryptocurrency thefts. He regularly travels around the world to train law enforcement (LE), prosecutors, and judges from dozens of countries, building strategic relationships and the global LE community’s ability to combat cryptocurrency crime. SSA Wong was the FBI’s lead agent on the joint investigation that culminated in the arrest and successful prosecution of the individuals responsible for the 2016 Bitfinex heist. That investigation led to the seizure of approximately $3.6 billion in cryptocurrency, the largest US Government seizure to date.