Austin

Network, advance your career, and share knowledge with colleagues in your region.

Austin

Network, advance your career, and share knowledge with colleagues in your region.

The Austin chapter is a direct link to the national organization and promotes ACFCS as a platform for collaboration between public and private sector financial crime specialists to facilitate effective compliance, investigations, and enforcement. Your membership will connect you to industry professionals with a desire to exchange ideas, share inputs, and increase visibility and awareness of Fincrime compliance.
 
By hosting educational programs and other events of local interest, our chapter offers unique career
development and professional networking opportunities to our members in the Austin area.
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OUR MISSION

“To provide information and resources to help industry professionals detect and prevent financial crime.”
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Adriana Dulic

Co-Chair

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Marie-Caroline Marx

Co-Chair

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Miguel Salcedo

Programming Director

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Christopher Llanas

Programming Director

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Christopher Llanas (Programming Director) has over 10 years of financial compliance experience. He started his career as a Compliance Officer of a Credit Union in South Texas shortly after graduating from Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi. His passion for AML led him to his current role as an AML Compliance Director for National Western Life Insurance Company. Christopher has obtained several compliance certifications, including Credit Union Compliance Expert (CUCE) and Bank Secrecy Act Compliance Specialist (BSACS).

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Jason Honeycutt

Event Manager

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Daniel Wood

Communications Director

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Gavin Parrish

Membership Director

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Christopher Baker

Treasurer

03/22/2023 4:00 PM CT

Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) & FinCEN Implementation of AML Act of 2020

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See What Certified Financial Crime Specialists Are Saying

"The CFCS tests the skills necessary to fight financial crime. It's comprehensive. Passing it should be considered a mark of high achievement, distinguishing qualified experts in this growing specialty area."

KENNETH E. BARDEN 

(JD, Washington)

"It's a vigorous exam. Anyone passing it should have a great sense of achievement."

DANIEL DWAIN

(CFCS, Official Superior

de Cumplimiento Cidel

Bank & Trust Inc. Nueva York)

"The exam tests one's ability to apply concepts in practical scenarios. Passing it can be a great asset for professionals in the converging disciplines of financial crime."

MORRIS GUY

(CFCS, Royal Band of

Canada, Montreal)

"The Exam is far-reaching. I love that the questions are scenario based. I recommend it to anyone in the financial crime detection and prevention profession."

BECKI LAPORTE

(CFCS, CAMS Lead Compliance

Trainer, FINRA, Member Regulation

Training, Washington, DC)

"This certification comes at a very ripe time. Professionals can no longer get away with having siloed knowledge. Compliance is all-encompassing and enterprise-driven."

KATYA HIROSE
CFCS, CAMS, CFE, CSAR
Director, Global Risk
& Investigation Practice
FTI Consulting, Los Angeles

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