ACAMS Northern Ohio

Chapter Newsletter

FIRST EDITION – FEB 2016 (volume I, issue I)

2015

Chapter Sponsor

Recognition

On September 15, 2015, the Rock Star Sponsor Awards were presented to our founding sponsors. Thank you

for helping us kickoff our chapter!

KeyBank and PNC

Since our launch in 2014, the ACAMS Northern Ohio (NOH) Chapter has held five events throughout the region offering colleagues live training, continuing education credits and networking opportunities with others in the anti-money laundering field. Currently, the NOH Chapter is ranked as the fourth largest chapter in the U.S., only behind New York, Chicago and Northern California. The chapter currently has 156 members with many driving in from as far as Columbus for events.

FirstMerit Bank and Gabriel Partners LLC

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2016

Events have included:

1. Fraud, Cheating and Money Laundering in Casinos

Gary Fossaceca, Ohio Casino Control Commission on 09/18/14 at the Doubletree

2. Recent Money Laundering Prosecutions and Emerging

Criminal Trends

Special Agent and Law Enforcement Presentation on 11/12/14 at Hard Rock Rocksino

3. ACAMS Northern Ohio Chapter “Celebrates Mardi Gras:

Tax Refund Fraud and Identity Theft”

Mark Kahler and Todd Weitzel, IRS – Criminal Investigations on 02/17/15 at KeyBank

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ACAMS has realigned the NOH annual dues to align with your annual membership ACAMS dues. If you have any issues while trying to renew your chapter dues please contact ACAMS at (866)459-CAMS. Membership dues are $50 annually and can be paid via:

https://acams.secure.force.com/store/ Products2?type=Chapters

after logging in, or at any of the NOH events.

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4. ACAMS and the Postal Service: Lessons on Financial Crime Challenges

John Byrne, ACAMS executive vice president, at Notre Dame College on 05/13/15

5. The Challenges of Terrorist Financing into 2016

Alan Schienberg of Regulatory Data Corp Inc., addresses the chapter at the September 2015 event at the Hard Rock Rocksino

6. Focus on Human Trafficking

Karen Walsh – Director of Collaborative to End Human Trafficking on 11/18/15 at Notre Dame College

March 9, 2016 – Anatomy of a SAR – from alert to prosecution held at KeyBank

May 4, 2016 – The CyberSecurity Threat – held at Notre Dame College

For additional information on the latest Northern Ohio Chapter events visit http://www.acams.org/acams-chapters/northern-ohio/

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Over the past few months, the local AML community has lost two esteemed colleagues. Many of us have worked with one or both of these gentleman and they will be greatly missed.

• Tom Ceneviva, CAMS

• Paul Freeman, CAMS, CPA

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Would you like to become more involved with the NOH Chapter? The chapter has many committees that you can become involved with such as communications, membership and event planning. We would also love to hear your ideas.

• Do you have a good idea for future events that you would like to discuss? We would be glad to hear your ideas and maybe you would even enjoy helping plan the event.

• Have you recently written an article on a BSA/AML/CTF topic? Maybe the article could be added to our quarterly newsletter.

• Do you have a subject-matter suggestion or know a speaker that would be a great presenter at one of our NOH Chapter events? If so, we would love to hear from you.

Please send your email suggestions to northernohiochapter.acams@gmail.com and a board member will contact you for further information.

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Notre Dame College

Doubletree Hotel

Hard Rock Rocksino

KeyBank

Who is Bill Cloninger, CAMS? Bill Cloninger is the chairman of the ACAMS NOH Chapter and was one of the founding board members. He has been an AML investigator with KeyBank since 2005.

He grew up in State College PA, the son of a Penn State professor.

He grew up in State College, Pennsylvania, the son of a Penn State professor. As a child, Cloninger lived within earshot of the old Beaver Stadium and is an avid Penn State football fan.

Cloninger’s professional banking career started in California in the mid-1970s at Western States Bankcard Association, the founders of Master Card. He has worked in positions of increasing responsibility in operations, audit and credit policy and administration at Crocker Bank, Midland Bank plc and Wells Fargo Bank prior to moving to Cleveland in 1990 as part of the Ameritrust turnaround team.

He left banking in 1993 and devoted his time to hot air ballooning. In 2001, Cloninger set a hot air balloon World and U.S. National Record. He came back to banking in 2005 when he joined KeyBank’s AML investigations team. During his time off, Cloninger competes in the Senior Olympics in bicycle racing.

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March 9, 2016

To RSVP for this event please go directly to the ACAMS website to register:

http://www.acams.org/acams-chapters/northern-ohio/#events

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Notre Dame College Intelligence Studies Degrees and Certifications

The Bachelor of Arts in Intelligence Studies at Notre Dame prepares students for careers as intelligence analysts capable of conducting research and analysis for the federal intelligence community, other federal agencies, state and local government and law enforcement, and the private sector. At present, alumni of the program work for the Department of Defense, the FBI, Immigration Customs and Enforcement, various state and local agencies, private contractors and businesses, serve in the military or are attending graduate school.

Students in the undergraduate program complete 36 credits in intelligence studies courses ranging from writing for intelligence, research and analysis to terrorism, competitive intelligence, methods of financial research, strategic intelligence, and intelligence and national security. Each student must also complete an internship, write a capstone thesis and demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language.

In 2009, work began on the development of a Master of Arts degree in National Security and Intelligence Studies. The process culminated with approval of the program by the Higher Learning Commission and the Ohio Board of Regents in 2010. The first cohort of graduate students began study in 2010 and graduated in 2013. The NSIS program is offered online and is supplemented by three intensive weekend onsite visits to the Notre Dame College campus in order to participate in practical analytical exercises. The final capstone project is a real-world project from the government or private sector. Students in the program represent, among others, the military, law enforcement, intelligence and other professionals, along with recent undergraduates from a variety of academic backgrounds. The program is designed as an “all threats” curriculum, including leadership, research skills, issues in homeland security, terrorism and counterterrorism, transnational threats, biodefense and science technology security.

We are on the Web

http://www.acams.org/acams-chapters/northern-ohio/

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Contact us via email

northernohiochapter.acams @gmail.com

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Questions or corrections regarding this publication should be emailed to the Newsletter Editor at northernohiochapter.acams @gmail.com

For those individuals who do not wish to pursue a graduate degree, four certificate programs are available at Notre Dame College. These include certification in (1) biodefense, science and technology security analysis, (2) transnational threat analysis, (3) terrorism and critical infrastructure analysis and (4) strategic intelligence and risk assessment analysis.

The faculty of the Center for Intelligence Studies is made up of current or retired members from a variety of security agencies, who work closely with the students to help them apply their coursework as they move through the undergraduate and graduate programs.

Further information about the Center for Intelligence Studies undergraduate and graduate programs may be found here:

• http://www.notredamecollege.edu/academics/academic-divisions/arts-and-humanities/history-political-science-dept/history-majors/intelligence-studies

• http://www.notredamecollege.edu/adult/grad/master-security

Case Western Reserve University School of Law Financial Integrity Degree Program

The Case Western Reserve University School of Law is adding a new executive master’s degree program in financial integrity, inspired by increasing demand by financial institutions and government agencies for AML experts.

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime estimates the amount of money laundered globally ranges from $800 billion to $2 trillion per year.

Regulatory demands for improved efforts to counter money laundering, as well as the financing of terrorism and the evasion of financial sanctions, are fueling the need for superior compliance experts. The new master’s program, which will cover each of these areas of study, will be the first offered in this field by a major research university.

The Executive Master of Arts in Financial Integrity (MAFI) will begin in the fall, directed by law Professor Richard Gordon, associate director of the Frederick K. Cox International Law Center and director of the law school's Financial Integrity Institute.

"We are excited to be able to offer a new master’s degree in this cutting-edge area of law," said Co-Deans Jessica Berg and Michael Scharf.

The 16-month executive program is designed for students with at least three years of experience in financial integrity practice or a

related field. Courses will be team taught by academics and senior experts from government, the private sector and international organizations over a series of three-day weekends.

A key part of the program is a supervised capstone research project that addresses a current problem in the student's practice to be presented to a panel of senior regulatory and law enforcement officials.

"We are bringing together some of the best practitioners and academics in the world to teach in this program," said Gordon, a former senior counsel and senior financial sector expert for the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Following the 9/11 attacks, he served on the select IMF Task Force on Terrorism Finance.

The Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists will be offering continuing credits for students in the new program. John Byrne, the association's executive vice president and an anti-money laundering veteran, will also serve on the faculty.

"In today's challenging compliance environment, the opportunities for advanced training and education has never been greater," Byrne said. "The program will fill a major need and assist both the private and public sectors in combating money laundering and financial crime."

A professional advisory committee chaired by Rick McDonell, executive secretary of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Experts and the former executive secretary of the Financial Action Task Force, will guide the program.

"This program is a perfect example of anti-money laundering professionals developing a comprehensive compliance and legal response to the global challenges regarding financial crime," said Rick Small, senior advisor for anti-money laundering and financial crimes/financial services for EY, who also serves on the degree program's advisory committee. "I am proud to be associated with this ground-breaking effort."

Learn more about the degree at:

http://law.case.edu/Academics/Degrees/Masters-in-Financial-Integrity

Learn more about the Financial Integrity Institute at:

http://law.case.edu/Academics/Academic-Centers/Financial-Integrity-Institute