Anti-money laundering (AML) professionals are often heard to lament filing piles of Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) that go into a proverbial black hole, never to be seen or heard from again. I may have lent my voice to that chorus over the years as well. A SAR is the result of an AML investigation where […]
In the world of anti-financial crime professions, there are a few major disciplines that stand out and tend to define a career. One of these is anti-fraud. In recent years, fraud has become more well-known to the public. Any type of misrepresentation, lying, scheming, scamming or stealing credentials and identities in order to gain money […]
An anti-money laundering (AML) investigator is a person who decides if financial activity is suspicious or not. Typically, AML investigators work in a top-level department at financial institutions like banks, fintech companies, money remitters, and casinos. These individuals must review customer records, open-source information, and transaction activity to make a well-supported analytical decision. When activity […]
