Financial Crime Matters

Jan 08 2025 82 ep. 22 mins 986
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In this podcast series, Kieran Beer (Chief Analyst at ACAMS) interviews the movers and shakers of the anti-financial crime world. Listen for fast-paced conversations about the latest financial scandal to hit newsstands, and insights on trending Financial Crime topics. Have something you’d like to hear covered? Email Kieran on [email protected] and tell us what matters to you. You can also follow Kieran on twitter www.twitter.com/kieranbeer Subscribe so you don’t miss a single episode!

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Neither Rain, Nor Snow: Fighting Financial Crime Threats to the US Postal Service, with Michael Bruno

Jan 08 2025 27 mins  
In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with the U.S. Postal Inspection Service’s Michael Bruno, who is anti-money laundering program manager at the service’s national headquarters. Mike details some of the Inspection Service’s efforts to tackle the theft of bank checks that are “washed” to fraudulently change the payees and amounts and that are al

Prosecuting Crypto Criminals, with the Justice Department’s Claudia Quiroz

Dec 16 2024 18 mins  
In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Claudia Quiroz, Director of the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team, or NCET, at the U.S. Justice Department. Claudia and Kieran discuss the rise in cryptocurrency-enabled crime that necessitated NCET’s creation three years ago and the team’s subsequent efforts to prosecute cyber predators and seize the p

Fighting the Online Exploitation of Children, with Adam Levine of the Child Rescue Coalition

Dec 04 2024 20 mins  
In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Adam Levine, Director of Government Engagement for the Child Rescue Coalition (CRC). Adam and Kieran discuss CRC’s efforts to enable law enforcement to trace online child sexual abuse material to its creators and collectors. During their discussion, Adam details some of the typologies associated with child explo

Standing Against "Pig-Butchering," with Zeke Faux, Danielle Keeton-Olsen and Erin West

Oct 30 2024 23 mins  
In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with three individuals committed to exposing cryptocurrency scams and drawing attention to imprisoned investigative journalist Mech Dara, who is responsible for uncovering the horrific conditions and practices within Cambodian-based crypto fraud compounds. Zeke Faux, author of “Number Go Up,” Danielle Keeton-Olse

Prosecuting Bank Insiders Gone Bad, with the DOJ’s Michael Grady

Oct 28 2024 21 mins  
In this episode of Financial Crime Matters, Kieran sits down with Michael Grady, chief of the bank integrity unit at the U.S. Department of Justice Criminal Division during the ACAMS Assembly Vegas Conference in September. Mike talks about the BIU’s remit to pursue criminal infractions at banks, payment service providers, cryptocurrency exchanges and other financial businesses

Parsing the TD Bank Prosecution and Regulatory Settlements, with Craig Timm

Oct 24 2024 24 mins  
In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters”, Kieran talks with ACAMS colleague, Craig Timm, Senior Director of AML at ACAMS. Craig and Kieran do a deep dive into the recent settlements by TD Bank with the US Department of Justice, the Federal Reserve Board, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network that resulted in more than

Industry Leaders: Jason Somrak

Oct 18 2024 27 mins  
Detecting True Crimes with Great Accuracy, with Oracle’s Jason Somrak In this inaugural episode of “Financial Crime Matters: Industry Leaders,” Kieran sits down with Jason Somrak, Chief of Product & Strategy for Financial Crime & Compliance at Oracle Software. Jason talks about the Holy Grail of anti-financial crime practice: the ability to “detect true crime with great

Understanding Canada’s Enhanced Regulatory Regime, with Jacqueline Shinfield

Sep 19 2024 22 mins  
Understanding Canada’s Enhanced Regulatory Regime, with Jacqueline Shinfield. In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Toronto-based attorney Jacqueline Shinfield, co-lead of Blakes’ Financial Services Regulatory Group. Jackie details the unfolding revolution in Canadian anti-money laundering and counter terror finance, including creation of a safe

Fighting Push-Payment Fraud and Other Online Scams, with Santander’s Chris Ainsley

Sep 04 2024 30 mins  
In this episode of “Financial Crime Matters,” Kieran talks with Chris Ainsley, head of fraud risk management at Santander Bank. Drawing on more than 20-year history at Santander, Chris details how financial institutions like his are fighting the current spike in online fraud that utilizes elaborate schemes to get customers to authorize payments from their accounts into the ac

Preventing Crime and Adopting a Regulatory Framework, with Kraken’s CJ Rinaldi

Aug 06 2024 28 mins  
Kieran talks with CJ Rinaldi, chief compliance officer at Kraken Digital Asset Exchange, about the virtual asset service provider’s efforts to prevent money laundering, terror finance, sanctions busting, and fraud. Drawing on his experience as senior counsel at the SEC and at financial institutions, CJ also discusses the kind of regulatory regime the cryptocurrency industry nee