The Damage of the Broad Brush After reading the recent OCC report on Wells Fargo and noting fines of multiple top level...
SOME STOOD TALL: The Dusty Road Back
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A BANKING SLEIGHT OF HAND: Shell Game Bosses Fined
The Cross Sell Scheme The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) recently released an investigative report based upon...
THE VATICAN, ELTON JOHN, AND MONEY LAUNDERING: A Scandal in the Wind
The Vatican Bank Investment Dilemma Recently Pope Francis ordered the investigation of the Holy See’s (Central Governing Body of...
LEST WE FORGET: First Responders Still Paying The Price
On January 1, 2020 the New York State Police (NYSP) announced the line of duty death of Investigator Ryan Fortini. Inv. Fortini...
What’s a Geographical Targeting Order (GTO)?
What’s a GTO? While the term geographical targeting order (GTO) sounds like something out of a James Bond film, it actually is a...
Money Laundering Expert, Author, and Professor Indicted
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of New York has indicted Bruce Bagley, a University of Miami professor in...
The Biggest Dangers of Money Laundering
When many people hear the term “money laundering,” they think about the cartel or a corrupt businessmen. Very few people...
“From Capone To Compliance” Seminar Agenda: Anti-Money Laundering Essentials Training
Click to see a list of destination onsite classroom locations and live streaming virtual classroom dates. For more...
SAR Gazing In A Post 9/11 World
On this, the 18th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, I reminisce my experience and consider where the financial community is...
Varsity Blues And A Cocaine Cruise – Media Headlines And Your Role
In the last few days there have been two major predicate crime incidents. One is the university admissions scandal and the other...
3 Signs of an Effective AML Course
More and more businesses are catching on to the importance of anti-money laundering (AML) training. However, as you hear or read...
Inside The White Collar Criminal Mind (Predictive forecasting or palm reading?)
While doing my research for this article I ended up going to a psychic. I wanted to see how accurately a psychic could...
A SAR IS BORN
Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR) is an AML procedural topic that confuses many and harvests many varied positions and...
Developing the Investigative Mind
A bad guy thinks like a bad guy. He does bad guy things. He acts like a bad guy. He spends his day trying to think up more bad...
“Anti-Money Laundering In A NutShell”
Author, Kevin Sullivan, CAMS
A concise, accessible, & practical guide to compliance with anti–money laundering law for financial professionals, corporate investigators, business managers, and all personnel of financial institutions…
✯✯✯✯✯ Entertaining and Simplified Overview of the Complicated World of AMLPerfectly written book by an industry leader! Gives the reader a solid foundation and understanding of the multiple moving parts of AML and BSA. Highly recommend for anyone in the field, or anyone interested in financial crimes.