Description

• Tracing transaction patterns indicating potential fentanyl smuggling such as structured deposits via global payment processors or cryptocurrency exchanges
• Monitoring clients for red flags of fentanyl proceeds laundering such as unusually large payroll deposits and high volume among personal accounts at multiple institutions
• Reviewing cases such as HSI’s Operation Denial to detail AML practices to aid detection and reporting of darknet market and illicit peer to peer exchanger transactions

Moderator(s):

• Steve Gurdak, CAMS, Group Supervisor, Northern Virginia Financial Initiative, Washington/Baltimore HIDTA

Speaker(s):

• Derek N. Benner, Deputy Executive Associate Director (EAD) and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the EAD, Homeland Security Investigations
• Brendan Brothers, Co-founder, Anti-Financial Crime Expert, Verafin
• James A. Dinkins, President, Thomson Reuters Special Services LLC
• Christine Duhaime, CAMS, Lawyer, Barrister and Solicitor, Duhaime Law