Global Disruption of Three Terror Finance Cyber-enabled Campaigns
This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss the announced seizure by the Justice Department, the IRS and other federal agencies of cryptocurrency accounts from several terrorist organizations. The seizures related to terrorist financing campaigns by the Al-Qassam Brigades, Al-Qaeda and ISIS.
The Largest Unregulated Business in the US
This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss the recent report by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on The Art Industry and US Policies the Undermine Sanctions. The report discusses the largest unregulated – from a BSA perspective – in the US and how it is being used to launder illegal funds and evade sanctions.
Combining FIUs in a M&A Transaction
In this episode of AML Conversations, AML RightSource Creative Director Elliot Berman sits down with Will Voorhees, Senior Vice President and FIU Director at Truist Bank. Elliot and Will discuss the challenges in combining the FIU functions of two financial services companies in a M&A transaction. Will offers insights into the planning and execution of the project plan to accomplish this critical function.
The Implications of Ransomware Attacks by Sanctioned Entities
This week, Creative Director Elliot Berman and Special Advisor Tim White of the AML RightSource staff discuss the recent ransomware attack against Garmin and the implications of the attack which was perpetrated by a sanctioned entity.
Cybersecurity - what may the future hold?
In this episode of AML Conversations, Elliot Berman sits down with Bill Murray, head of IT and Risk Management at AML RightSource to discuss the importance of the human factors in cybersecurity today, and what threats we may face tomorrow. Now sit back and enjoy AML Conversations.
AML Conversations: Tara Sullivan - Financial crime prevention and oversight in the gaming industry; a view from the IRS
In this episode of AML Conversations, AML RightSource Vice Chairman John Byrne sits down with Tara Sullivan, Special Agent in Charge (SAC) for the IRS in Las Vegas. John and Tara discuss financial crime prevention and oversight in the gaming industry from the vantage point of the IRS. Tara offers insight into AML/Financial Crime gaming community and the importance of private-public partnership in 2020.
BSA/AML Reform Takes Another Step Forward
This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss the latest actions in Congress to pass sweeping reform to the AML infrastructure.
We Can’t Travel to Europe, But We Can Pay Attention
This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss two actions from the EU. The decision by European High Court to restrict storage of personal information of EU citizens on servers in the United States and the recommendation by the European Commission that Member States do not grant financial support to companies with links to countries on the EU's list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions. Both of these actions will impact the financial crime compliance community in the US.
Gathering Information to Close Loopholes
This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss the US Supreme Court decision in Trump v. Mazars regarding subpoenas issued by several congressional committees, including House Financial Services, to the president for certain personal financial records and the purpose for the subpoenas.
