Michael Fasanello

Long-time anti-money laundering and counter terror-finance expert Michael Fasanello helps us understand how Russia might use cryptocurrency to evade sanctions, what Ukrainians would need to turn crowdsourced crypto support into something useful and steps both the cryptocurrency industry and US government need to take to address illicit financing concerns.

Michael Fasanello is an experienced counter-threat finance and compliance professional with over a decade of experience in the public and private sectors. He served in various posts within the US Department of Justice and the US Department of Treasury, including the Office of Foreign Assets Control and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), before joining private sector financial institutions First National Bank (FNB), and PNC Bank (PNC). During his work with FinCEN, he advised the Office of Regulatory Policy in developing and interpreting federal regulations under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). Before that, he handled Global Economic Sanctions and embargo cases for OFAC’s Licensing Division. At PNC, Michael was an Assistant Vice President and Manager of Anti-Money Laundering and Global Sanctions. With First National’s Money Laundering and Risk Management Department, he oversaw a complete overhaul of the bank’s sanctions program, from policy redevelopment to enhanced screening and adjudication. He specializes in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF), global sanctions, and other illicit finance matters, with a current focus on the digital assets and blockchain intelligence space.

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