Diego Lawrence

Senior Anti-Money Laundering Investigator at USAA

Role
Anti-money Laundering Investigator at USAA
Location
Charlotte, NC, US
LinkedIn followers
500 followers
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About Diego Lawrence

Senior financial crime specialist with ten years of experience as an analytical and…

Experience

  1. Anti-money Laundering Investigator

    USAA

    Jan 2021 — Present

    Experienced in AML Transaction monitoring to identify money laundering red flags and appropriately mitigate or escalate the activity. • Subject matter expert on AML process and operations to optimize AML efficiencies and identify gaps within the AML detection/Investigations process to close consent order remediation issues.• Lead team meetings and department training education on process improvements for fellow employees resulting in streamline process improvements and quality control improvements. • Reviewing, analyzing, and identifying indicators of potential money laundering, terrorist financing activity and other financial crimes successfully completing alerts and cases within Actimize.• Current on industry AML trends, process flow and reporting measures of private and public sectors. • Collaborated with other Federal Investigative Units (FIU) to established Detection/Investigative procedures to support the entire AML department to ensure Comptroller of Currency (OCC) and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FINCEN) requirement were met for the consent order deadline.• Clear and effective documentation of financial criminal review results and preparing Suspicious Activity Reports in accordance with US laws, the Bank Secrecy Act and the USA Patriot Act reporting to Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and 314(b) requests and law enforcement Subpoenas when necessary.• Write and file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and recommend relationship retention or termination and submitting account closures as required in conjunction with Continuing Activity Reviews (CARs).• Top performer each month for case/alert production and quality control metrics (0% fail rate).• Lead peer review group to review fellow employee cases/alerts for quality and decision metrics

Education

  • East Tennessee State University

    Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)

  • East Tennessee State University

    Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

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