Episodios

  • Surviving Regulatory and Law Enforcement Scrutiny as a Compliance Officer, with Christina Rea

    Surviving Regulatory and Law Enforcement Scrutiny as a Compliance Officer, with Christina Rea
    Jul 23 2024
    In this episode of Financial Crime Matters, Kieran talks with Christina Rea about her brief tenure at Binance.US as interim chief compliance officer. Christina discusses what it was like to head U.S. compliance for Binance.com, the world’s largest digital assets trading platform, as it underwent scrutiny from regulators and law enforcement that ultimately culminated in a $4.3 billion penalty against Binance.com and a guilty plea for money laundering failures by the VASP’s co-founder Changpeng Zhao that resulted in his paying a $50 million fine and the possibility of up to 18 months in prison. Christina, who launched a consulting firm after resigning from Binance.US after about six months at the VASP, also touches on what it takes to protect yourself as a compliance officer whose business is facing tough oversight.
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    30 m
  • Tracking crypto and money mules, with IRS-CI’s Guy Ficco

    Tracking crypto and money mules, with IRS-CI’s Guy Ficco
    Jul 11 2024
    Kieran talks with Guy Ficco, the Chief of IRS Criminal Investigation. They discuss the IRS-CI’s recent success in tracking illicit cryptocurrency transactions. and the threat from money mules. Guy also identifies some of the latest typologies his agency is seeing, while crediting suspicious activity reports from financial institutions as catalysts for investigations, arrests and successful prosecutions.
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    24 m
  • Intercepting Terror Finance, with the FBI’s Eliza Odom

    Intercepting Terror Finance, with the FBI’s Eliza Odom
    Jun 24 2024
    Kieran talks with Eliza Odom, former Section Chief of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division, about the top terror threats the bureau is currently focused on. While having since become deputy assistant director of the FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, Eliza discusses the seven units within the Counterterrorism Division she once oversaw, particularly focusing on the Financial Targeting and Analysis Unit, and its role interdicting terror funding. While deeply concerned about the actions of home-grown extremists, Eliza also details the need for global cooperation and vigilance from the private sector to address the rising threat of cross border financed terror attacks in the wake of war in the Middle East.
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    28 m
  • Tracking and Seizing Drug Money, with Hennie Verbeek-Kusters

    Tracking and Seizing Drug Money, with Hennie Verbeek-Kusters
    May 30 2024
    Kieran talks with Hennie Verbeek-Kusters, head of the Netherlands financial intelligence unit, about her leadership over the FIU since its founding in 2008. During their discussion, Hennie details how the Dutch FIU has evolved to face the challenge of evermore sophisticated transnational criminal organizations and the professional money launderers they now utilize. The effort to track and seize drug money has, she says, taken on a new urgency with the unprecedented rise of violence by organized drug traffickers in the Netherlands in past few years.
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    24 m
  • Seizing Assets So That Crime Doesn’t Pay, with Molly Moeser

    Seizing Assets So That Crime Doesn’t Pay, with Molly Moeser
    May 15 2024
    Kieran talks with Molly Moeser, Acting Chief, Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section of the U.S. Justice Department, about MLARS’ efforts to seize illicit assets and, when possible, bring financial restitution to victims of crime. During their talk, Molly discusses the seizure of illicit funds associated with kleptocracy and other crimes, including crypto assets, which require “a whole of government approach” that enlists experts throughout law enforcement. Molly also touches on the importance of MLARS’ relationships with the private sector in identifying and seizing criminal proceeds, both as a source of intelligence and cooperative partner. ---------- This Financial Crime Matters episode is sponsored by: Moody's - www.moodys.com/KYC
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    24 m
  • Enlisting A.I. in the Fight Against Financial Crime, with Jennifer Shasky Calvery

    Enlisting A.I. in the Fight Against Financial Crime, with Jennifer Shasky Calvery
    Apr 23 2024
    Kieran talks with Jennifer Shasky Calvery, Group Head of Financial Crime Risk at HSBC, a former Director of the Financial Crime Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, and former federal prosecutor. Drawing on her public and private sector experience, Jen details the challenges faced by financial institutions and government and how in partnership they can detect illicit funds and catch bad actors. Jen also talks with Kieran about HSBC’s recent partnership with Google AML AI and the promise artificial intelligence holds for financial institutions and law enforcement. ---------- This Financial Crime Matters episode is sponsored by: HAWK:AI - www.hawk.ai Moody's - www.moodys.com/KYC
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    29 m
  • Making Sense of U.S. Anti-Financial Crime Measures, with Daniel Stipano

    Making Sense of U.S. Anti-Financial Crime Measures, with Daniel Stipano
    Mar 14 2024
    Kieran talks with Daniel Stipano, partner at Davis Polk & Wardwell and a 30-year veteran of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, about the unfolding requirements of the Corporate Transparency and AML Acts and their impact on law enforcement, and financial as well as non-financial institutions. Dan also weighs in on the current court challenges to the CTA, particularly the recent Federal court ruling that declared it unconstitutional, what the Financial Crime Enforcement Network’s latest rule-makings mean, and what the long-awaited revised customer due diligence rule might look like. ---------- This Financial Crime Matters episode is sponsored by: SymphonyAI - www.symphonyai.com
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    34 m
  • Identifying Financial Crime Threats, with Justine Walker and Craig Timm

    Identifying Financial Crime Threats, with Justine Walker and Craig Timm
    Feb 14 2024
    Kieran talks with ACAMS colleagues Justine Walker, head of global sanctions and AML risk, and Craig Timm, senior AML director, about the just released “ACAMS Global AFC Threats 2024.” Drawing on 788 in-depth interactions with anti-financial crime professionals that inform the report, Justine and Craig identify the top ten threats currently facing the global AFC community, including budget cuts at financial institutions, the rise of cyber-enabled crime, the fallout from global conflict, and more. While detailing the threats, Justine and Craig also talk about how anti-financial crime professionals are responding and how financial institutions can prepare for the threats in their own AFC efforts. Read the Global AFC Threats Report 2024 here: https://www.acamstoday.org/global-afc-threats-report ---------- This Financial Crime Matters episode is sponsored by: SymphonyAI - www.symphonyai.com Thomson Reuters - www.tr.com/risk-fraud
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    30 m