Sodrudeen Akinmade

Financial Crime Compliance Analyst @Guidehouse

Leverage blockchain analytics and financial crime expertise to conduct in depth investigations and analysis in support of Coinbase’s BSA/AML program.• Conduct reviews of higher risk cases referred by partner teams, which may involve high volume transaction activity, potential fraud or money laundering rings, terror financing or human trafficking concerns, politically exposed persons (PEPs), high-profile individuals, etc.• Able to apply a variety of investigatory techniques to ambiguous complex fact patterns resulting in independent analysis to meet regulatory filing requirements. • Detailed understanding of a broad range of financial product offerings across the financial services industry• Evaluate AML and fraud-related alerting activity to determine whether such activity warrants a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filing in accordance with FinCEN guidelines.• Conduct Continuing Activity Reviews (CARs) of customer activity as needed.• Initiate 314(b) requests, enhanced due diligence (EDD) requests, and sanctions advisory reviews to comply with the USA PATRIOT Act, regulatory requirements, and internal policies and procedures.• Analyze KYC information and conduct open-source and due diligence research in support of investigations.• Maintain detailed documentation to demonstrate compliance with regulations and internal policies and procedures.