Case studies to bring criminal trends to life and connect them to investigative techniques
WHY ATTEND?
Guidance on emerging risks and threats including fraud, cybercrime and more
Practical training on cross-cutting skills including OSINT and customer onboarding
Global perspectives from industry leaders, speed networking and peer chats
Certificate of participation with up to 28 CE credits for CFCS, CAMS and other designations
Session recordings, presentation materials and educational resources
ABOUT THE EVENT
Running from August 7 -11, FinCrime Virtual Week is an expansive virtual event that’s all about bringing you the latest trends, future-thinking issues and skill sets needed to thrive as a financial crime professional. Whether you’re more of a quick-thinking Hercule Poirot or a dogged Lieutenant Columbo, you’ll find learning, connections, and training in a format that fits your schedule and respects your time.
You’ll experience a range of focus areas – From hard skills like OSINT research and money mule detection, to creative thinking like predicting how fraudsters will use generative AI.
Whatever the topic, sessions are structured to be highly interactive, with polling, challenge questions for the audience and real-world scenarios featured in many. It’s an event built by, and intended for, experienced investigators, compliance pros and law enforcement. You’ll experience:
- Guidance on emerging risks and threats including fraud in new technologies, cracking weapons proliferation networks, cybercrime trends, and much more
- Case study sessions to bring criminal trends and typologies to life, and connect them compliance controls and investigative techniques
- Practical training on cross-cutting skills and topics that apply to a wide range of roles, including open-source intelligence, new approaches to customer onboarding, and more
- Global perspectives during sessions featuring experts from the international network of ACFCS chapters in India, Central and Eastern Europe, and elsewhere
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SESSION TOPICS
Ghosts in the Machines – Emerging Fraud Risks in AI, Deepfakes and Other New Tech
How to Find Anyone – Open-Source Intelligence for People Searching
The Crypto Laundry – Case Studies of Laundering Dirty Cash through Crypto
Rethinking Customer Identity – New Approaches for CDD/KYC in a Transforming World
Mules and Fools – Case Studies and Strategies for Countering Money Mules
Unraveling Weapons Proliferation Networks – A Case Study
FinCrime Careers in Strange Times – Navigating Compliance Jobs in an Unstable Financial System
Transaction Monitoring Doesn’t Work… So What Does?
EARN UP TO 28 CE CREDITS!
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
FinCrime Virtual Week is the big tent event for financial crime professionals - almost anyone with responsibility for financial crime prevention and detection will find value. For roles with a responsibility for a wide range of financial crime risk, this is a can’t-miss event. Some examples include:
Some examples include:
- Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) officers, managers, and analysts
- Law enforcement
- AML officers, managers, directors, analysts
- Directors, analysts and other roles in financial intelligence units
- Chief Compliance Officers
- Internal and external auditors
- Fraud managers, investigators and analysts
- Professionals in threat intelligence roles
- Regulators
- Investigators or analysts in intelligence agencies or military with a nexus to financial crime
AGENDA
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August 7
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August 8
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August 9
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August 10
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August 11
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM ET
Welcome and Keynote
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2:30 AM - 2:30 PM ET
FinCrime Hot Topics - Recession Risks, Responding to Efffectiveness, Adapting to AI and More
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3:45 PM - 4:45 PM ET
Transaction Monitoring Doesn't Work… So What Does?
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5:00 PM - 6:00 PM ET
Opening Night Reception
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9:00 AM - 10:15 AM ET
The Chase to a Human Trafficking Case: Following the Money from Detection to Law Enforcement Investigation
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10:15 AM - 10:30 AM ET
ACFCS Demo
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10:30 AM - 11:30 AM ET
Mules and Fools – Case Studies and Strategies for Countering Money Mules
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11:40 AM - 12:30 PM ET
The Crypto Laundry – Case Studies of Laundering Dirty Cash through Crypto
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12:30 PM - 1:00 PM ET
Speed Networking
The saying, “We don’t know what we don’t know”, couldn’t ring truer for Compliance professionals. Criminals are becoming smarter by the hour in detection evasion and the average customer is left paying the bill for these actors. This session will address how compliance professionals can better detect and understand what they may be missing within their alert rules.
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1:15 PM - 2:15 PM ET
HOT TOPIC - to be announced soon
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2:45 PM - 3:45 PM ET
Romancing the Scam - The New Reality of Romance Scams
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Are You Smarter than a Fraudster? An Interactive Session to Unravel a Fraud Scheme
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8:00 AM - 8:30 AM ET
Speed Networking
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8:30 AM - 8:45 AM ET
ACFCS Training for the Next Frontier
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9:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
European Focus - CEE/Nordic Chapter
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10:15 AM - 11:30 AM ET
African Focus - Nigerian Chapter Session
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM ET
Sanctions Screening - How to Improve Speed, Accuracy and Results No Matter the Blacklist
The saying, “We don’t know what we don’t know”, couldn’t ring truer for Compliance professionals. Criminals are becoming smarter by the hour in detection evasion and the average customer is left paying the bill for these actors. This session will address how compliance professionals can better detect and understand what they may be missing within their alert rules.
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1:30 PM - 2:30 PM ET
FinCrime in the UK - Risks and Lessons Learned from Across the Pond Featuring FinCEN and FCA
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2:45 PM - 3:45 PM ET
Making Friends with IT - How to Build Collaboration and Share Data Between Financial Crime and Cyber Teams
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Canada Focus - Navigating New Regulations, AML Risks and More
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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM ET
Ghosts in the Machines – Emerging Fraud Risks in Deepfakes and How to Counter Them
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11:30 AM - 1:00 PM ET
Rethinking Customer Identity – New Approaches for CDD/KYC in a Transforming World
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1:45 PM - 2:45 PM ET
Hiding in Net Worth - Why Risk Assessments Fail and How You Can Do Better
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3:00 PM - 4:00 PM ET
Elder Fraud and Financial Abuse - Trends and Typologies
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4:00 PM - 4:15 PM ET
Speed Networking
The saying, “We don’t know what we don’t know”, couldn’t ring truer for Compliance professionals. Criminals are becoming smarter by the hour in detection evasion and the average customer is left paying the bill for these actors. This session will address how compliance professionals can better detect and understand what they may be missing within their alert rules.
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4:15 PM - 5:00 PM ET
Unraveling Weapons Proliferation Networks – A Case Study
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8:15 AM - 9:00 AM ET
Does FinCrime Compliance Need Evolution or Revolution? A Conversation with Former FATF Director David Lewis
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9:00 AM - 10:00 AM ET
Is Fraud 'Better' Than AML? How AML Professionals Can Learn from Fraud Fighters… and Vice Versa
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10:30 AM - 11:30 AM ET
HOT TOPIC - to be announced soon
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11:30 AM - 12:30 PM ET
How to Find Anyone – Open-Source Intelligence for People Searching
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12:45 PM - 1:45 PM ET
I Failed So You Don't Have To - FinCrime Professionals Share Transformative Mistakes
The saying, “We don’t know what we don’t know”, couldn’t ring truer for Compliance professionals. Criminals are becoming smarter by the hour in detection evasion and the average customer is left paying the bill for these actors. This session will address how compliance professionals can better detect and understand what they may be missing within their alert rules.
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1:45 PM - 2:15 PM ET
Scholarship Recipients and Closing
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FEATURED SPEAKERS
John Weithorn
BSA Offcer
GustoDavid Caruso
Managing Partner
i3StrategiesLouie Vargas
Lead Compliance Officer
NordeaJens Wrang Nielsen
Special Consultant
Danish Business AuthorityDenitsa Rebaine
EMEA Head of Sanctions
BNY MellonLuke Raven
Former Sr AML Compliance Mgr
CabitalRosie McWhorter
Senior Director, Compliance and Web3 Strategy
TiliaBeth Peter
Senior Financial Crimes Analyst
USPSKim Lacey
Chief BSA/AML Officer
US BankNikki Bennett
Fraud Risk Manager
Allegacy Federal Credit UnionJacqueline Blaesi-Freed
Assistant Director, Consumer Protection Branch
U.S. Department of JusticeCraig Castiglia
Supervisory Special Agent
IRS-CIBenedict Castro
Special Agent
IRS-CIYoungbee Dale
CEO/Anti-trafficking Consultant
Dale ConsultingRyan Duquette
National Lead of Digital Forensics
MNPSouzan Esmaili
Head of TCAE
TCAEBaptiste Forestier
Head of Compliance, Podcast Host, Lecturer
HeroDarin Fredde
VP & Senior Product Manager
US BankMax Lerner
Managing Director, Global Head Sanctions Compliance and Anti-Bribery & Corruption Compliance
State StreetJessica Peck
Trial Attorney, National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team
U.S. Department of JusticeJim Richards
Owner, Former Head of AML at Wells Fargo
RegTech SolutionsUri Rivner
CEO and Co-Founder
Refine IntelligenceAnna Stylianou
Individual AML Expert
AML Cube