How to Gather Data for Your OFAC Risk Assessment
In this installment of AML Voices, Chuck Taylor, Head of Financial Crimes Advisory and Tim White, Director of Sanctions at AML RightSource are joined by Chris Bagnall from Fifth Third Bank, to discuss how to select and gather data for a risk assessment of your sanctions compliance program.
AML Challenges and Successes in the Gaming Industry
In this episode of AML Conversations, John sits down to discuss the AML challenges and successes in the gaming industry with the former Senior Director of Gaming Policy at the American Gaming Association (AGA), Elizabeth Cronan. Now the Vice President Government Relations at Geoguard, Cronan elaborates on innovative tools to strengthen AML compliance, including geolocation data as well as various themes in enforcement actions, the rise of mobile and on-line gaming, and the increase in sports betting.
Frauds and SARs Relating to the CARES Act
In this installment of AML Voices, Elliot Berman, Creative Director at AML RightSource is joined by Lauren Kohr, from Old Dominion National Bank, and Jill Adams and Jim Barnacle from the FBI, to discuss frauds perpetrated under the CARES Act. They consider various schemes, how financial services companies can detect them, and how FIs should report the scams on the SAR form.
How to Detect and Prevent Money Laundering Schemes eBook
What is the range of schemes used by money launderers? Money launderers are always looking for new ways to convert their dirty money into clean, usable assets. They have migrated far beyond just shipping boxes of currency from one location to another. Do you know where to spot these next generation money launderers?
AML Conversations: The Rise in Domestic Terrorism
Terrorist financing career expert Dennis Lormel explains the rise in domestic terrorism, the internationalization of such, the current threat environment and what the AML community can do to address this ever-increasing problem. He also connects five clear examples of terrorism over the past several years and defines homegrown and domestic violent extremists.
COVID-19 Frauds Targeting FI Customers
In this installment of AML Voices, Elliot Berman, Creative Director at AML RightSource is joined by Lauren Kohr, from Old Dominion National Bank, and Jill Adams and Jim Barnacle from the FBI to take up the frauds targeted at financial services company customers. They discuss the various schemes and what FIs can do to alert and assist their clients.
David Stewart: Compliance After the "New Normal"
In this episode of AML Conversations, John Byrne interviews David Stewart, Director, Financial Services Industry, Fraud & Security Intelligence Practice for SAS Institute Inc. David has spent many years in the AML/Financial Crime space and his insight is sought by many in our community.
Sara Crowe: Human Trafficking Issues During the Pandemic
In this episode of AML Conversations, John sits down with Sara Crowe, Strategic Initiatives Director, Financial Systems for the Polaris Project. Sara leads Polaris’s efforts to partner with the financial services industry to implement a comprehensive and industry-wide strategy to intervene in the crime of human trafficking. This initiative aims to 1) disrupt human trafficking businesses on a global scale by using existing financial system structures and processes (such as anti-money laundering and economic sanctions frameworks) to decrease the profitability of sex and labor trafficking while increasing the risk to traffickers; 2) shift financing practices to reward businesses with good labor conditions; and 3) bolster financial resiliency of vulnerable populations and trafficking survivors through financial inclusion initiatives.
David Briggs: Challenges with Geolocation Data
In this episode of AML Conversations, John sits down with David Briggs, CEO and Co-Founder of GeoGuard and GeoComply. Beyond IP, the role of geolocation data is combating AML and fraud. John and David discuss the limitations of IP addresses and the role that advanced geolocation data can play in AML and in fighting other types of financial fraud, FinCEN’s recent guidance on encouraging innovative responses to COVID-19 fraud, and how to improve the BSA/AML data analysis infrastructure.
