WED04 - Managing the Risks of Cryptocurrencies and Prepaid Payment Products in Today’s AML Regime

Description

• Grasping the definitions of virtual currency and prepaid payment products in Canada’s banking system under the recent PCMLTFA amendment
• Training staff on the new customer due diligence, recordkeeping, monitoring and reporting requirements for prepaid payment products
• Reviewing recent fentanyl cases, such as Project Caboche, to spot and stop the usage of virtual currency in Dark Web drug trafficking operations

Moderator(s):

• Adams Atlas, Founder, Adams Atlas Attorney at Law

Speaker(s):

• Jason Beitchman, Partner, Rayman Beitchman LLP
• Charlene Cieslik, Chief Anti Money Laundering Officer and Chief Privacy Officer, Coinsquare
• Stephen B. Sargeant, CAMS, CBP, AML Investigator, Bitfinex