TCAE Crypto Compliance Virtual Conference

Event Details

A day of back-to-back learning and fun with Crypto Compliance professionals around the world!

Agenda

September 15, 2022

Main Schedule

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Trends and Challenges of Crypto Compliance in 2022 & 2023

Clark Flynt Barr (Senior Policy Advisor at Chainalysis)

Dante Disparte (Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Global Policy at Circle)

Amanda Wick (Senior Investigative Counsel at U.S. House of Representatives)

Malcolm Wright (Founder of InnoFi Advisory)

Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta (Independent Non-Executive Director, Advisory Board Member of Apex Group)

Jinisha Bhatt (Crypto Compliance Consultant at Classified)

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Coffee Break

10:45 AM - 12:00 PM

All About MiCA, FATF and Travel Rule

Caroline Malcolm (Head, International Public Policy & Research at Chainalysis)

Braddock Stevenson (Of Counsel at Paul Hastings)

Siân Jones (Senior Partner at XReg Consulting)

Harm Aarts (Chief Product Officer at 21 Analytics)

Abdullah Alawi (Compliance Consultant at Confidential)

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

Stretch & Refresh by Eric Pimentel

12:15 PM - 12:30 PM

Lunch Break

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM

Financial Crime Compliance on Web3

Joseph Ciccolo (Founder & President of BitAML)

Ryan Griffith (Cybercrimes Investigator at Chainalysis)

Victor Tay (Co-Founder and COO of MinervaAI)

Seth Sattler (Chief Compliance Officer at DigitalMint)

Jessica Levesque (Executive Director of C4)

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Coffee Break

2:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Crypto Compliance Expectations from FINTRAC and RCMP Perspectives

RCMP Federal Policing Cryptocurrency Unit (National Cryptocurrency Coordinator at RCMP)

Joseph Iuso (Business Development & Compliance Specialist at KYC2020)

Rodney MacInnes (COO & AML Compliance Ninja at Outlier Compliance Group)

3:30 PM - 3:45 PM

Coffee Break

3:45 PM - 4:30 PM

All about Stablecoin, DeFi and Financial Crime

Paul Burak (Compliance Officer at Shakepay)

Melanie Lefebvre (Senior Consultant & Trainer at TCAE)

Ethan Mcmahon (Economist at Chainalysis)

Alex Cote (Compliance Team Lead, Investigations at Global Cryptocurrency Exchange)

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Virtual Networking

- You have a chance to meet and greet with the speakers and your fellow professionals virtually from around the world!

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Speakers

Clark Flynt Barr

Senior Policy Advisor at Chainalysis

Dante Disparte

Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Global Policy at Circle

Amanda Wick

Senior Investigative Counsel at U.S. House of Representatives

Malcolm Wright

Founder of InnoFi Advisory

Caroline Malcolm

Head, International Public Policy & Research at Chainalysis

Hash Qureshi

Partner at MNP

Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta

Independent Non-Executive Director, Advisory Board Member of Apex Group

Braddock Stevenson

Of Counsel at Paul Hastings

Souzan Esmaili

Founder & CEO of TCAE

Joseph Iuso

Business Development & Compliance Specialist at KYC2020

Siân Jones

Senior Partner at XReg Consulting

RCMP Federal Policing Cryptocurrency Unit

National Cryptocurrency Coordinator at RCMP

Harm Aarts

Chief Product Officer at 21 Analytics

Joseph Ciccolo

Founder & President of BitAML

Rodney MacInnes

COO & AML Compliance Ninja at Outlier Compliance Group

Ryan Griffith

Cybercrimes Investigator at Chainalysis

Victor Tay

Co-Founder and COO of MinervaAI

Paul Burak

Compliance Officer at Shakepay

Seth Sattler

Chief Compliance Officer at DigitalMint

Jessica Levesque

Executive Director of C4

Ethan Mcmahon

Economist at Chainalysis

Melanie Lefebvre

Senior Consultant & Trainer at TCAE

Abdullah Alawi

Compliance Consultant at Confidential

Alex Cote

Compliance Team Lead, Investigations at Global Cryptocurrency Exchange

Jinisha Bhatt

Crypto Compliance Consultant at Classified

Clark Flynt-Barr is a Senior Policy Advisor with Chainalysis, where she advises on legislative and regulatory developments related to cryptocurrency. Prior to joining Chainalysis, she worked as an intelligence analyst with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, focusing on transnational organized crime and Darknet markets; a program officer for the American Bar Association, where she managed international development projects in Latin America; and legislative aide for the Senate Judiciary Committee, concentrating on criminal justice and government oversight. She holds an MA in International Affairs and Transnational Security from the George Washington University, and a BA in Political Science from Williams College.

Dante Disparte is Chief Strategy Officer and Head of Global Policy
at Circle, responsible for overseeing company strategy, communications, policy and public affairs. Since joining Circle in 2021, his leadership in driving market expansion, regulatory
engagement and more have been integral in furthering the company’s mission is to raise global economic prosperity through
the frictionless exchange of financial value.

Prior to joining Circle, Dante served as a founding executive of the Diem Association, leading policy, communications, membership and social impact. He also brings two decades of experience as an entrepreneur, business leader and global risk expert, most recently as founder and CEO of Risk Cooperative. He also served as an appointee on the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Advisory Council.

Currently, he is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Digital Currency Governance Consortium and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Additionally, he is co-author of “Global Risk Agility and Decision Making” (Macmillan 2016).

He earned a bachelor’s degree from Goucher College, is a PLD graduate of Harvard Business School, and has an MSc in risk management from NYU Stern School of Business. Outside of work, Dante enjoys speaking and commentating, such as in media
outlets including Harvard Business Review, Fortune, BBC, Forbes and Diplomatic Courier.

Hassan (Hash) Qureshi, CPA, CMA, CRISC, CISA, CISSP, CRMA, P.Eng, MSc, is a Partner with MNP’s Consulting Services group in Ottawa. Hash leads a team of accountants, IT security, engineers and finance experts helping clients optimize their organization’s performance.

Drawing on more than 25 years of experience, Hash works closely with clients in both the public and private sectors to improve strategic planning, risk management, information security, enterprise architecture, corporate governance and internal controls over financial reporting.

Hash also advises clients in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industries, on optimizing internal controls and complying with regulators. Hash leads artificial intelligence and deep learning engagements with the Canadian government.

Before joining MNP, Hash worked at one of the Big 4 firms, and served as a captain in the Canadian Air Force.

Bilingual in English and French, Hash is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and Certified Management Accountant (CMA). He is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and professional engineer (P.Eng). He holds a Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) and is Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC). Hash earned a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in engineering and physics (electrical option) from the Royal Military College of Canada and a Master of Science (MSc) in project management from the University of Quebec.

Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta is a Senior Board Member & Business Executive with proven regulatory engagement, strategic business development, fund raising & business transformation experience deploying advanced analytical and pragmatic delivery skills in various regulated and unregulated sectors - banking, markets, crypto, asset management, technology. He is currently the Head of Strategic Development MENA at Apex Group assisting in the development of the region for Apex, a global financial services provider with more than $2.5T AUA – to asset managers, capital markets, private clients and family offices. Apex includes fund services, digital onboarding and bank accounts, depositary, custody and super ManCo services, business services including HR and Payroll and a pioneering ESG Ratings and Advisory service for private companies. He is also on the board / strategic advisor of other funds, regulated entities, family offices. He is also an angel investor and on the advisory boards of several HealthTech/Biotech, EdTech, AgTech and FinTech startups.
Dr. Dasgupta’s previous full-time role was leading the development of Abu Dhabi’s Award Winning International Financial Centre (Abu Dhabi Global Market) and Financial Regulator for sectors including Exchanges, Crypto, Digital Banking, Broker / Dealers, VC/PE, FinTech, Sustainable Finance & Commodities. He was also responsible for Emerging Markets and Europe as a region. He helped quadruple AUM, making ADGM the largest regulated crypto jurisdiction in the world, quadrupled the number of broker dealers, helped launch ICE Futures Abu Dhabi (trading a million contracts within 6 months), making ADGM the biggest hub for venture capital in the region, etc.
Prior to joining ADGM, Dr. Dasgupta was the Chief Operating Officer of UK Export Finance (GBP90B Capital Export Finance Bank) at the Department of International Trade, UK Government. His 25-year career included senior level leadership, business development and transformation roles in investment banking, transaction banking, technology, and consulting in firms such as HSBC, ABN AMRO, Citigroup, and PwC.

Braddock Stevenson is Of Counsel in the Fintech & Payments and Investigations & White Collar Defense practices at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office.

After more than a decade at the US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), most recently serving as Deputy Associate Director of FinCEN’s Enforcement Division, Braddock advises financial institutions and FinTech companies on anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) compliance to help them navigate investigations and enforcement matters.

While at FinCEN, Braddock oversaw BSA compliance and enforcement for all US financial institutions including banks, virtual currency exchanges, broker-dealers, money transmitters, casinos, and jewelry dealers. He led multiple investigations into a broad range of financial institutions and served as the lead negotiator in resolving BSA matters on behalf of the government.

His work included developing the Department of the Treasury’s BSA supervision strategy for all US financial institutions and advising both private sector and government officials on compliance matters. His responsibilities also included investigating international financial institutions under the USA PATRIOT ACT section 311 and representing FinCEN in intra-agency task forces.

He spent four years stationed in the New York High Intensity Financial Crimes Area advising law enforcement on money laundering investigations. He worked extensively on developing BSA policy for traditional and emerging payment systems including SWIFT, ACH, Fedwire, CHIPs, mobile payments, prepaid cards, and virtual currency platforms. Braddock is a distinguished lecturer with Case Western Reserve University’s Masters in Financial Integrity Program.

Souzan has over 16 years of international experience in consultancy and training with a focus on Regulatory Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Bribery and Corruption, and RegTech. She worked for various financial institutions and consultancies in Dubai and Toronto.

In 2019, when Souzan moved to Canada, she created TCAE with a passion to help, educate and empower Compliance & AML professionals around the world. She gained her first Canadian job experience by working as a subject matter expert on the Anti Bribery & Corruption Program for Wells Fargo’s Canada and Latin America regions. In March 2020, Souzan launched The Knowledge Series where she brings international industry experts and thought leaders to share their knowledge and experience with the AML and Compliance professionals around the world. As TCAE was expanding, Souzan decided to leave Banking in 2021 and enter the entrepreneurship world.

Prior to moving to Canada in 2019, Souzan worked for various financial institutions and consultancies where she assisted her clients to understand their compliance needs, advised on meeting regulatory requirements, and managed a multitude of remediation projects. She has acted as an Authorized Individual in the capacity of Compliance Officer and MLRO for a number of firms regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).
Souzan holds an MBA from the American University of Sharjah (UAE), a Post Graduate Diploma in GRC from Manchester Business School (UK), a Certified Anti Money Launder Specialist (CAMS), a FinTech Program certificate from Oxford University, and a Chainalysis Cryptocurrency Fundamentals Certification (CCFC).

Joseph is a solutions-focused Co-founder & Business Development with more than 30 years of success across the IT, AML compliance, banking, financial services, e-commerce, digital currency, and identity industries. He has leveraged his extensive experience in support of the financial services and retail payments sectors to ensure optimal ROI.

Joseph holds and has held many leadership positions at companies including KYC2020, Payment Source, Bitbuy Technologies, UseMyServices, TEKchand LLC, ACHreturnsRX, RBC, JAWZ, CIBC, Interac, and IBM.

Joseph holds a Computer Systems Technology degree from Mohawk College as well as numerous certifications in Project Management, Technology, and AML Compliance. As a volunteer, he currently sits on the Canadian MSB Association board as the Executive Director and Director of Technology for friends of HMCS Haida. In the past he has held board positions with the Canadian MSB Association (Former Chairman and founding member), the Canadian Tandem Users Group, and the Canadian Association of Compaq Users, and various other technology and spiritual not-for-profit charities and associations.

Joseph firmly believes in freely giving back to the community that has provided and continues to provide him with so much support.

Siân is a visionary thought leader with over 48 years of experience advising start-ups, enterprises and governments on technology, policy formulation and regulatory framework implementation.
As the Senior Partner at XReg Consulting, a policy and regulatory affairs consulting firm specialised in crypto assets, her extensive experience in policy formulation, regulatory framework
development and implementation is leveraged by governments and public authorities around the world to guide the development of crypto asset policies within their respective jurisdictions.

Siân is a member of the International Standards Organisation (ISO) technical committee on DLT and has sat as an expert on several of its working groups. She also sits on the BSI National Mirror
Committee on DLT, the Financial Markets Law Committee DLT working group and, until July 2019, was a delegate and technical expert on virtual assets on the FATF’s Policy Development
Group. Siân also leads the Brussels-based European Digital Currency and Blockchain Technology Forum, a public policy platform helping EU policymakers and legislators shape sound policy and regulation.

Her career in information technology, security, data protection and compliance has included working in Europe, the Middle East and Asia in industries as diverse as banking, transport, healthcare, pharmaceuticals and security.

Joe is the Founder & President of BitAML, a compliance advisory firm exclusively serving the Bitcoin and cryptocurrency market. Founded in 2015, BitAML has served hundreds of innovative clients including bitcoin ATM operators, cryptocurrency exchanges, OTC desks, trading platforms, DeFi projects, NFT marketplaces, cryptocurrency hedge funds, prepaid crypto cards, and lenders.

BitAML works closely with clients to develop and integrate custom written AML, consumer protection, and cybersecurity policies and procedures designed to exceed regulatory expectations. The consultancy also conducts independent AML reviews, provides on-demand compliance support, annual AML training, and compliance project management for high-growth potential financial institutions in the cryptocurrency space.

In addition to his leadership role with BitAML, Joe serves on the Board of Directors of the Digital Currency Traders Alliance (DCTA), a nonprofit organization that educates policymakers about the cryptocurrency sector, promotes consumer protection, and advocates for everyday consumers.

Joe is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and Anti-Money Laundering Certified Associate (AMLCA). He is a graduate of Northeastern University, College of Criminal Justice.

Rodney is currently the COO & AML Compliance Ninja at Outlier Compliance Group (Outlier) a Canadian-
based consulting company that set out to break the consulting mould by focusing on 3 core principles:

Value, Open-Source & Continuous Improvement.

Rodney is a Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP) and a
Certified Ethereum Professional (CEP), who fell down the rabbit hole in 2013.

Since then, he has been somewhat obsessed with how Bitcoin and other technologies are impacting the financial and regulatory
landscape. His financial compliance experience includes anti-money laundering (AML), counter terrorist financing (CTF), fraud and Legislative Compliance Management (LCM).

Over the past 14 years, Rodney has held positions in-house, as a consultant, strategic leader and a founder. He became a Certified Anti- Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) in early 2011 and is also a graduate of the Canadian Institute Financial Crime Analysis course at Seneca College. More recently, Rodney has been on the
CryptoCurrency Certification Consortium’s (C4’s) Certified Bitcoin Professional Examination Committee, where he assisted in revamping the content and training for the current certification and is also a member of the Canadian Blockchain Consortium’s Fintech Committee.

Melanie Lefebvre is an Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorist Financing consultant with five years of experience, with a specialization in virtual assets and blockchain technology. She currently consults as an independent contractor for one of the world’s largest Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) and has previously held roles with other regulated cryptocurrency exchanges and money service businesses. She is also a Certified Chainalysis Training Partner and board advisor to TCAE, and actively mentors and coaches compliance professionals looking to enter the virtual asset AML space.

Melanie actively creates and teaches educational content focused on virtual assets and its AML application to public audiences, educational institutions, law enforcement agencies and private companies. She is a frequent speaker on this subject, notably with Seneca College, the Canadian Institute for Financial Crime Analysis, ACFCS, Provincial and Federal Law Enforcement agencies, the Toronto Compliance & AML Events, among others.

She has written several articles that included analyzing popular fraud techniques used in the virtual asset industry, and that assessed the risks of new and existing blockchain technology, which includes the article “The Lightning Network – Deconstructed and Evaluated”, published by ACFCS.

She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), a Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP), and holds several blockchain intelligence certifications - CCFC, CRC, CISC, CEIC and CKC.

Alex Côté is a passionate Web3 investigations and compliance leader, with his interests including AML and cybercrimes investigations, cryptocurrency, and other emerging financial technologies.

Alex is currently leading a team of investigations analysts for a leading cryptocurrency exchange, specializing in fraud, stolen funds, and cybercrime investigations.

Prior to his foray into Web3 investigations, Alex was a Senior Investigator - EDD with BMO Financial Group, and was responsible for several streams, including enhanced due diligence investigations, suspicious transaction reporting, and training.

Alex is a graduate of the University of Toronto and Seneca College's CIFCA (Canadian Institute of Financial Crime Analysis) Program, as well as being a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and a Chainalysis Investigations' Specialist (CISC).

Jinisha B. is an independent crypto compliance consultant, a digital nomad, and an advocate of decentralization. Currently, she offers consultation to Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) operating across multiple jurisdictions. She marries her insights from her previous compliance roles in traditional finance with her experiences in blockchain investigations. Currently, she specializes in investigating well-known as well as emerging typologies in crypto fraud schemes and scams.

When not at work, she works with multiple anti-human trafficking initiatives to help provide actionable insights and training to private and public sectors. Jinisha holds a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist designation (CAMS), a Chainalysis Reactor Certification (CRC), and a Chainalysis Ethereum Investigations Certification (CEIC).

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Event Details

Agenda

September 15, 2022

Main Schedule

Speakers

Clark Flynt Barr

Dante Disparte

Amanda Wick

Malcolm Wright

Caroline Malcolm

Hash Qureshi

Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta

Braddock Stevenson

Souzan Esmaili

Joseph Iuso

Siân Jones

RCMP Federal Policing Cryptocurrency Unit

Harm Aarts

Joseph Ciccolo

Rodney MacInnes

Ryan Griffith

Victor Tay

Paul Burak

Seth Sattler

Jessica Levesque

Ethan Mcmahon

Melanie Lefebvre

Abdullah Alawi

Alex Cote

Jinisha Bhatt

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TCAE

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TCAE Crypto Compliance Virtual Conference

Event Details

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September 15, 2022

Main Schedule

Speakers

Clark Flynt Barr

Dante Disparte

Amanda Wick

Malcolm Wright

Caroline Malcolm

Hash Qureshi

Dr. Bhaskar Dasgupta

Braddock Stevenson

Souzan Esmaili

Joseph Iuso

Siân Jones

RCMP Federal Policing Cryptocurrency Unit

Harm Aarts

Joseph Ciccolo

Rodney MacInnes

Ryan Griffith

Victor Tay

Paul Burak

Seth Sattler

Jessica Levesque

Ethan Mcmahon

Melanie Lefebvre

Abdullah Alawi

Alex Cote

Jinisha Bhatt

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