AML Conversations

This week, Executive Vice President John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss a written agreement entered into between the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and a bankers’ bank, as well as the requirements set out for the bank to repair the deficiencies in its BSA compliance program.

This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff the publication of information from leaked suspicious activity reports (SARs) and the implications for BSA reform and the impact on FI compliance programs.

This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss FinCEN’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking in which it asks for comment on a number of ideas for possible changes to current BSA regulations.

This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss the anniversary of the attacks on 9/11 and how those events have shaped financial crimes compliance for almost two decades.

This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss the recent press release published by FinCEN regarding the confidentiality of SARs, as well as the heavy criminal penalties around the inappropriate release of them. John discusses previous issues, and regulatory changes that helped bolster the security around the access to SARs, as well as the timing around the press release and the potential catalyst behind the release itself.

This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss recent guidance by financial institution regulators about politically exposed persons – PEPs - and a call by Transparency International EU for increased vigilance on money laundering enforcement by EU regulators.

This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss the arrest of Steve Bannon and three others on various charges including money laundering, relating to a GoFundMe campaign to support building the border wall on the Mexican border. John and Elliot also discuss elements of the Democratic Party Platform on topics of interest to the financial crimes compliance community.

This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss the announced seizure by the Justice Department, the IRS and other federal agencies of cryptocurrency accounts from several terrorist organizations. The seizures related to terrorist financing campaigns by the Al-Qassam Brigades, Al-Qaeda and ISIS.

This week, Vice Chairman John Byrne, and Creative Director Elliot Berman of the AML RightSource staff discuss the recent report by the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on The Art Industry and US Policies the Undermine Sanctions. The report discusses the largest unregulated – from a BSA perspective – in the US and how it is being used to launder illegal funds and evade sanctions.

This week, Creative Director Elliot Berman and Special Advisor Tim White of the AML RightSource staff discuss the recent ransomware attack against Garmin and the implications of the attack which was perpetrated by a sanctioned entity.