John George

About John George

John George is an Associate Managing Director at K2 Intelligence. He has more than 20 years\' experience in financial crime investigations involving cyber intrusions and threats, bank fraud, financial institution fraud, and money laundering.Prior to joining K2, Mr. George worked in the Cyber/Special Operations Division for the FederalBureau of Investigation as a Forensic Analyst. His casework involved many undercover operations involving domestic and international criminal activities that included financial threats to many financial institutions and entities. Much of his work involved examining thousands of transactions from bank accounts aimed at identifying money laundering, asset misappropriations, and other financial crimes.As a Forensic Analyst within the FBI, Mr. George investigated complex criminal matters, locallyand internationally based. Mr. George conducted thorough forensic financial analysis of business and personal records developing financial profiles of individuals or groups identified as participating in suspicious or illegal activity. Mr. George also participated in gathering evidence and preparing search warrants/affidavits associated with financial analysis; compiled finding and conclusions into financial investigative reports; and met with prosecuting attorneys to discuss strategies and other litigation support functions to testify when needed as fact or expert witness in judicial proceedings.Mr. George recently worked on a four year look back for a major multinational financial institution. As the project manager, he cultivated and motivated a cohesive, productive, and dedicated project team. His duties consisted of analyzing transaction monitoring alerts flagged for potential shell company activity and structuring within the clients correspondent banking division.Mr. George graduated from The College of Staten Island, CUNY with a B.A. in Business Administration with a concentration in finance, and he maintains the Certified Fraud Examiner credential.

Experience

1. Associate Managing Director

   K2 Integrity

   Jan 2022 — Present · NY, US

   John George, CFE is an Associate Managing Director in the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Regulatory Compliance Practice at K2 Intelligence, based in New York. He has more than 20 years’ experience in financial crime investigations involving cyber intrusions and threats, bank fraud, financial institution fraud, and money laundering.At K2 Intelligence, John serves as project lead and quality assurance reviewer for a historical transaction review utilizing FCRM for a bank with a concentration in the prepaid debit and gift card space. He was also a project lead for a multinational financial institution, analyzing transaction activity and 90-day monitoring alerts and documenting analysis for escalation to potential Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filing or the mitigation of alerted activity. Previously, he acted as project lead for a multinational financial institution, where he worked with the client’s sanctions compliance unit on Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanction cases, improving the unit’s ability to efficiently process failed transactions using a risk based approach; apply a uniform approach to payment review; and better assess whether in-process transactions should be processed or returned. John also worked as a project leader on a four-year lookback project for a major multinational financial institution, where he utilized the case management system Actimize to analyze transaction monitoring alerts flagged for potential shell company activity and structuring within the clients correspondent banking division. Most recently, he was a project lead on a multinational financial institution, where he managed day to day operations and oversaw in upwards of 125 employees, and was a co-lead on a cryto currency lookback.

Education

• College of Staten Island

  Bachelor of Arts, Business Administration and Management, General

• Saint John's University

  Accounting and Finance

  1990 — 1991

• City University of New York-College of Staten Island

  Bachelor of Arts (BA), Business Administration and Finance

  1991 — 1994

Skills

• Business Strategy
• Due Diligence
• Intelligence
• Policy
• Management
• Corporate Finance
• Market Research
• Forensic Accounting
• Fraud
• Microsoft Excel
• Leadership
• Ofac
• Surveillance
• Enterprise Risk Management
• Cybercrime
• Investigation
• Financial Modeling
• Customer Service
• Anti Money Laundering
• Project Management
• Financial Analysis
• Evidence
• Internal Investigations
• Internal Audit
• Analysis
• Federal Law Enforcement
• Business Intelligence
• Finance
• Criminal Investigations
• Banking
• Government
• Risk Management
• Forensic Analysis
• Microsoft Office
• Private Investigations
• Law Enforcement
• Risk Assessment
• Accounting
• Sar
• Certified Fraud Examiner