January 16: Webcast - Combating the Financial Crime Threats Digital Currencies Bring

Digital currencies like Bitcoin have now irreversibly changed the financial crime landscape. In this webinar, the federal prosecutor who led high-profile cases related to Liberty Reserve and Silk Road provides critical guidance on how these new technologies can be used in money laundering and other financial crime schemes. Attendees will learn:
The main financial crime challenges that digital currencies present

• Some key recent enforcement actions and prosecutions tied to digital currencies
• The meaning of recent regulatory guidance and expectations related to digital currencies
• What financial institutions should know when dealing with digital currency providers and users

This webinar provides an advance look at the indispensible knowledge and training that will be offered at the 2014 ACFCS Financial Crime Conference, Feb. 5 – 7, at the New York Marriot Marquis.
Title:
Combating the Financial Crime Threats Digital Currencies Bring
When/Where:
Thursday, January 16, 2014
12:30 – 1:00 PM EST
Webcast
Credit:
The event sponsor does not appear to have applied for credit. However the content and speaker appear to meet CLE requirements in some jurisdictions. Please consult your credit-granting authority.
Speaker:
Serrin Turner, Assistant US Attorney, Southern District of New York - A United States federal prosecutor in Manhattan, the Southern District of New York, he specializes in prosecuting cybercrime cases. He was the lead prosecutor in the celebrated criminal cases against Liberty Reserve, a digital-currency service that was indicted for money laundering and Ross William Ulbricht, the owner and operator of Silk Road, a Bitcoin-based online market for illegal drugs. A magna cum laude of Harvard Law School in 2000, he served as an Honors Program attorney of the Civil Division in the US Department of Justice. Later, he served as an Assistant US Attorney in the Civil Division of the US Attorney’s Office in Manhattan. Prior to the start of his prosecution of criminal cases in the Manhattan US Attorney’s Office in 2010, he served as Counsel to the Executive Director of the Guantanamo Review Task Force, an interagency task force that was established by President Obama to recommend dispositions for the detainees held at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
By:
ACFCS. Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists
Cost:
No Charge
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