5th Annual Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering Forum

Thanks to everyone who made this year’s forum such an incredible success!

Participants from across the law enforcement, regulatory and banking industries joined together to share best practices on fighting terror funding, as well as effective fraud investigation, compliance and anti-money laundering tactics. 

We’ve assembled all of the forum presentations (below) in an easy-to-access online format. And we have also provided additional fraud-related articles of interest in our Resources section.

We hope you’ll find them all of great benefit and look forward to your participation next year.

Forum Presentations

Opening Remarks
(No slides available)

• Jim Goodnight, CEO, SAS
• Scott Custer, Chairman and Chief Executive, RBC Bank
• George Holding, US Attorney, Eastern District of North Carolina
• Charles Bowman, Global Compliance and Operational Executive, Bank of America

Keynote Address – Holy Land Foundation and Terrorism Financing in America
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• Barry Jonas, Assistant US Attorney, Department of Justice, Counterterrorism Section

Panel Presentation – Convergence of Financial Crimes: Fraud, Terrorism Financing and Money Laundering 
 Jay Lerner's slides (PDF)
 Dan Wager's slides (PDF) 
 John Zdanowicz's slides (PDF) 

• Jim Candelmo, US Department of Justice (moderator)
• Jay Lerner, Assistant Chief Fraud Section, Department of Justice
• Karim Rajwani, Global Head, Anti-Money Laundering, RBC
• Dan Wager, Director, New York High Intensity Financial Crimes Area (NY HIFCA)
• John S. Zdanowicz, PhD, Professor of Finance, Florida International University

Presentation –  Effective Strategies for Law Enforcement to Work with Financial Institutions: Unleashing the Potential of Financial Intelligence
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• Bill Fox, Sr. Compliance Executive, Bank of America

Technology Showcase – SAS^® Fraud Framework
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• John Brocklebank, Vice President, SAS Solutions OnDemand, SAS

Panel Presentation – Investigating Possible Terrorist Financing from Inside the Bank 
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• Rhett Hardy, Vice President, Senior Fraud Policy Strategist, Bank of America Investigative Services
• John O'Neill, Vice President, Product Strategy Manager, Bank of America Fraud Detection Strategies
• Denise Truman, Vice President, Senior Investigator, Bank of America Global Anti-Money Laundering and Economic Sanctions

Panel Presentation – Money Laundering Trends and Developments
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• Dan Soto, Executive Compliance Director & BSA Officer, GMAC Financial Services (moderator)
• Dennis Lormel, Managing Director, Northeast Region, IPSA International
• David Chenkin, Partner, Zeichner Ellman & Krause LLP (ZEK)
• Adam Kaufmann, Assistant District Attorney, Manhattan DA's Office