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Special Investigations Unit: Combating Money Laundering and Fraud in the Securities Industry

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In the securities world today, there is little daylight between money laundering and fraud. As these two spaces have come to increasingly overlap, FINRA created the Special Investigations Unit, or SIU, to detect and investigate cases illicit finance, market abuse and other fraud.

On this episode, we sit down with SIU Senior Director Gargi Sharma, and three investigative directors from her team: Kayla Le, Peter Gonzalez and David Byrne. They join us to share how they work to proactively identify and mitigate threats related to money laundering and other frauds.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Reg Notice 21-14: FINRA Alerts Firms to Increase in ACH Instant Funds Abuse

Reg Notice 22-25: Heightened Threat of Fraud

Reg Notice 23-06: Effective Practices to Address Risks of Fraudulent Transfers

2023 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program

2024 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report

Investor Insight: Ramp-and-Dump Scams

Investor Insight: Investment Group Imposter Scams

Episode 33: AML in the Securities Industry

Episode 129: Detecting and Preventing ACATS Fraud

Episode 154: FINRA’s High-Risk Representative Program

Episode 157: An Update on FINRA’s Financial Intelligence Unit

Episode 161: FINRA CEO Robert Cook on Disrupting the Cycle of Financial Fraud

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In the securities world today, there is little daylight between money laundering and fraud. As these two spaces have come to increasingly overlap, FINRA created the Special Investigations Unit, or SIU, to detect and investigate cases illicit finance, market abuse and other fraud.

On this episode, we sit down with SIU Senior Director Gargi Sharma, and three investigative directors from her team: Kayla Le, Peter Gonzalez and David Byrne. They join us to share how they work to proactively identify and mitigate threats related to money laundering and other frauds.

Resources mentioned in this episode:

Reg Notice 21-14: FINRA Alerts Firms to Increase in ACH Instant Funds Abuse

Reg Notice 22-25: Heightened Threat of Fraud

Reg Notice 23-06: Effective Practices to Address Risks of Fraudulent Transfers

2023 Report on FINRA’s Examination and Risk Monitoring Program

2024 FINRA Annual Regulatory Oversight Report

Investor Insight: Ramp-and-Dump Scams

Investor Insight: Investment Group Imposter Scams

Episode 33: AML in the Securities Industry

Episode 129: Detecting and Preventing ACATS Fraud

Episode 154: FINRA’s High-Risk Representative Program

Episode 157: An Update on FINRA’s Financial Intelligence Unit

Episode 161: FINRA CEO Robert Cook on Disrupting the Cycle of Financial Fraud

Find us: X / YouTube /LinkedIn / Facebook / E-mail

  continue reading

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