Stay Ahead of Risk in FinTech, Crypto & Digital Banking
Professional training designed for Compliance Officers, Risk Managers, and Financial Crime Specialists. Keep current on emerging challenges in crypto, AI oversight, sanctions, and fraud
Our Live Training Programs are accredited through the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS)
📅Date: 4/14/2026 ⏱️Duration: 60 minutes
📊Expertise Level: Beginner
Course Description: Investigating financial crime isn’t about luck — it’s about knowing where to look, what questions to ask, and how to connect the dots. This session breaks down the essentials of a successful financial crime investigation using practical, repeatable techniques. Participants will learn how to find and evaluate intelligence, uncover red flags, and build case files that hold up under scrutiny. Through interactive examples and realistic case scenarios, you’ll practice using open-source research tools, identifying suspicious patterns, and documenting findings that regulators and law enforcement actually care about. Whether you’re new to AML investigations or refining your process, this course will help you build the confidence and skill to handle investigations effectively — from the first alert to the final report.
Who This Is Designed For: AML investigators, compliance analysts, BSA officers, fraud specialists, and anyone responsible for investigating suspicious activity or supporting AML reviews.
Agenda:
The Investigator’s Mindset: What separates a strong investigator from a transaction reviewer.
Core Investigative Frameworks: Step-by-step process for investigating financial crime efficiently.
Key Intelligence Sources: Where to find reliable information (internal systems, OSINT, vendor tools, and beyond).
Red Flags and Patterns: How to identify unusual behavior and connect seemingly unrelated activities.
Documenting Your Findings: Writing clear, defensible reports that regulators and auditors can follow.
By the End of This Session, You Will Know How To:
Apply a structured approach to any financial crime investigation.
Use intelligence sources and data tools with confidence.
Spot common red flags across fraud, AML, and sanctions cases.
Build defensible case summaries that tell the full story.
Strengthen your team’s investigative documentation practices.
Note: This program meets the eligibility criteria for continuing education under ACFCS and is eligible for 1 credit.
📅Date: 4/21/2026 ⏱️Duration: 60 minutes
📊Expertise Level: Beginner
Course Description:
Sanctions compliance isn’t just for global banks—it’s essential for fintechs, MSBs, and crypto firms navigating fast-moving payments, partnerships, and digital assets. This session breaks down the core concepts every compliance team must understand: what sanctions are, how they apply to your business model, and how to build a program that regulators respect. We’ll cover screening basics (including wallet addresses), ownership thresholds, and common missteps that lead to enforcement—even when intent is low-risk. Whether you’re new to sanctions or need a refresher, this course will help you build clarity, confidence, and control.
Who Should Attend:
Risk, compliance, and BSA/AML professionals at fintechs, MSBs, banks, and crypto-related companies responsible for sanctions screening, onboarding, and oversight.
Agenda Highlights:
What sanctions are (and aren’t): OFAC, UN, EU, UK regimes demystified
Types of sanctions: comprehensive, sectoral, targeted, secondary
Screening essentials: names, ownership, geography, wallet addresses, fuzzy logic
Common myths and mistakes: “we’re domestic” ≠ no exposure
Building a sanctions program that actually works
Learning Outcomes:
Understand key sanctions regimes and how they apply to your institution
Identify common exposure points in fintech, MSB, and crypto operations
Build a foundational sanctions framework with confidence
Avoid costly mistakes through practical controls and clarity
Note: This program meets the eligibility criteria for continuing education under ACFCS and is eligible for 1 credit.
📅Date: 4/10/2026 ⏱️Duration: 60 minutes
📊Expertise Level: Beginner–Intermediate
Course Description
Getting onboarding right is one of the biggest challenges for banks, fintechs, and MSBs. Regulators expect strong AML controls to be built into the account-opening process, but compliance teams also need to balance customer experience and growth goals. This training walks through what effective AML onboarding looks like in today’s environment. We’ll cover regulatory expectations, practical customer due diligence approaches, and the tools and processes that reduce risk without driving away good customers. Real examples will highlight both missteps and best practices.
Who This Is Designed For:
Compliance officers, onboarding managers, and risk professionals at banks, fintechs, and MSBs who manage or support account-opening programs.
Agenda
Understanding AML regulatory expectations at onboarding
Using CDD and EDD effectively without creating friction
Leveraging digital identity verification and technology tools
Spotting red flags during account opening and what to do next
Documentation, audit trails, and preparing for examiner scrutiny
By the end of this webinar, you will know how to:
Design AML onboarding processes that satisfy regulators
Apply CDD/EDD in a risk-based way
Detect red flags early in the customer lifecycle
Build documentation practices that hold up under review
Note: This program meets the eligibility criteria for continuing education under ACFCS and is eligible for 1 credit.
Instructor: Robert Dube
📅Date: 4/17/2026 ⏱️Duration: 60 minutes
📊Expertise Level: Intermediate
Description:
Nested accounts are one of the most complex and high-risk challenges in the crypto ecosystem. This course unpacks the mechanics behind crypto nested accounts—where third parties use an exchange or wallet’s infrastructure to process transactions for their own clients, often without disclosure. Participants will learn how to identify, monitor, and mitigate these hidden layers of activity that can expose institutions to regulatory and financial crime risks.
Who This Is Designed For:
Compliance analysts, transaction monitoring teams, AML officers, and crypto risk professionals seeking a practical understanding of nested account risks and controls. Ideal for those working with exchanges, banks, or fintechs offering digital asset services.
Agenda:
Understanding Nested Accounts: Define how nesting occurs and why it poses high AML risk.
Detection Techniques: Learn how to use blockchain analytics to spot indirect relationships and layered transactions.
Red Flags and Typologies: Examine common nesting scenarios linked to money laundering and sanctions evasion.
Control Frameworks: Explore how to build effective onboarding, monitoring, and escalation processes.
Case Studies: Review real-world enforcement examples and lessons learned.
By the end of this course, you will know how to:
Identify and analyze crypto nested account structures.
Detect suspicious indirect activity using blockchain tracing tools.
Implement controls to reduce nested account exposure.
Understand how regulators view nested account risks in digital asset platforms.
Note: This program meets the eligibility criteria for continuing education under ACFCS and is eligible for 1 credit.
📅Date: 4/16/2026 ⏱️Duration: 60 minutes
📊Expertise Level: Intermediate
Description
Artificial intelligence is transforming how financial institutions detect fraud, assess risk, and serve customers — but with this innovation comes new regulatory and ethical challenges. This course explores how banks, fintechs, MSBs, and crypto providers can adopt AI responsibly while meeting compliance expectations. Participants will learn how regulators are approaching AI oversight, what ethical principles apply to financial decision-making, and how to build internal governance frameworks that ensure fairness, transparency, and accountability. Whether your organization is exploring chatbots, credit scoring models, or transaction monitoring tools, this session offers practical guidance for aligning AI adoption with ethical and regulatory standards.
Who This Is Designed For: Compliance professionals, risk officers, data analysts, fintech and bank relationship managers, and audit teams seeking to understand the ethical and regulatory implications of AI use in financial services.
Agenda:
AI in Financial Services Today – Understanding how institutions are applying AI across compliance, risk, and customer operations.
Regulatory Landscape – Overview of current and emerging guidance from agencies such as the CFPB, OCC, FTC, and EU regulators on AI use.
Ethical Considerations – Addressing bias, transparency, explainability, and accountability in AI-driven systems.
Governance and Oversight – Building internal policies for responsible AI adoption, documentation, and model validation.
Practical Applications and Case Studies – Examples of ethical and unethical AI use in areas such as credit underwriting and fraud detection.
Preparing for the Future – How compliance and risk teams can collaborate with data and technology leaders to manage AI safely and effectively.
By the End of This Webinar, You Will Be Able To:
Describe how AI is used within financial institutions and fintech programs.
Identify key ethical risks such as bias, privacy concerns, and lack of transparency.
Recognize regulatory expectations around the use of AI in compliance and customer interactions.
Develop strategies for building an internal governance framework for responsible AI.
Communicate effectively with stakeholders about the ethical and operational impacts of AI.
🎓Learning Path:
AI in Compliance & Risk
🏅Accred:
ACFCS
👥Who should take it:
Risk, compliance, tech, data science leaders
📘Syllabus Preview:
Ethical AI principles, regulatory risk, data bias, use-case risk management.
Note: This program meets the eligibility criteria for continuing education under ACFCS and is eligible for 1 credit.
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📅Date: 4/22/2026 ⏱️Duration: 60 minutes
📊Expertise Level: Intermediate
Description:
As generative AI tools like ChatGPT become more accessible, risk and compliance professionals are being called to both use them strategically and understand the risks they pose. This session explores how ChatGPT can support due diligence, policy drafting, monitoring, training, and more—while also unpacking the associated risks, such as data privacy, hallucinations, and regulatory scrutiny. You’ll learn practical ways to integrate ChatGPT into your compliance toolkit, including what tasks it can support and when human oversight is essential. We’ll also look at how regulators are beginning to address AI and what that means for governance, accountability, and risk management. Whether your organization is experimenting with ChatGPT or already using it, this session will help you lead conversations around safe, effective, and compliant use of AI in high-risk environments.
Who This Is Designed For: Risk and compliance professionals, internal auditors, legal teams, and financial crime investigators seeking practical, responsible ways to integrate ChatGPT and similar tools into regulated environments.
Agenda:
Explore how ChatGPT works and supports financial services workflows
Identify key risks: bias, hallucinations, data misuse, and leakage
Discover compliance use cases: audits, training, policy writing, monitoring
Review global regulatory updates impacting AI in financial sectors
Learn governance strategies to manage AI use responsibly and securely
Discuss real-world applications, challenges, and audience-submitted case examples
By the end of this webinar, you will know how to:
Apply ChatGPT and similar AI tools to support compliance, monitoring, and training tasks
Identify and mitigate risks including data leakage, bias, and hallucinations
Integrate AI responsibly into regulated workflows with appropriate human oversight
Understand emerging regulatory guidance and enforcement expectations around AI use
Lead organizational discussions on safe, effective, and compliant use of generative AI
Note: This program meets the eligibility criteria for continuing education under ACFCS and is eligible for 1 credit.
Our Live Training Programs are accredited through the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS)
Our Approach
Whether you're breaking into financial crime compliance or advancing your career in this critical field, our training provides the practical skills and industry knowledge you need to succeed in high-risk environments.
Our programs are designed for professionals at every stage:
Individuals looking to transition into compliance careers
New compliance hires building foundational expertise
Investigators and analysts sharpening their detection capabilities
Fraud, AML, and risk professionals seeking advanced techniques
Professionals working in fintech, MSBs, banking, crypto, or partner programs
Enterprise Options
We also partner with organizations that need to upskill their teams, providing comprehensive training solutions for companies navigating complex regulatory environments and evolving financial crime threats. From onboarding new staff to strengthening investigation capabilities across your compliance, fraud, and risk functions, our courses deliver the expertise your business requires.
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📅Date: NA ⏱️Duration: 60 minutes
📊Expertise Level: Intermediate
Description:
This training session is tailored for compliance officers, financial crime investigators, regulators, and anyone seeking an understanding of crypto’s relevance to compliance—even if your organization doesn’t offer crypto products or services.
This session delves into the darker side of crypto compliance and examining how illicit actors exploit digital assets. Moving beyond traditional KYC’s focus on verifying customers, you’ll gain insight into how to think like a bad actor—“The Other KYC…Know-Your-Criminal™”—as well as identify emerging trends conducted by illicit actors—and how to implement controls to mitigate risks to safeguard your institution in an evolving digital asset landscape.
Who This Is Designed For:
Designed for digital asset compliance officers focused on EDD, typologies, and criminal behavior patterns in crypto environments.
Agenda:
Why crypto compliance matters—even without offering crypto products
How illicit actors exploit digital assets and blockchain technology
Understanding “The Other KYC…Know-Your-Criminal™” approach
Emerging criminal trends in the crypto space
Implementing effective controls to mitigate crypto-related risks
📅Date: NA ⏱️Duration: 60 minutes
📊Expertise Level: Intermediate
Description:
This training session takes a behind-the-scenes look at how crypto investigations unfold—from the initial trigger to building a case that can stand up in court. Participants will learn what types of activity raise red flags with regulators and law enforcement, how investigators trace transactions on the blockchain, and what evidence is needed to support enforcement actions or criminal prosecution.
Through real-world examples and practical insights, this course helps compliance professionals, fintechs, and VASPs better understand how their monitoring and reporting efforts support larger investigative goals.
A must-attend for anyone involved in crypto compliance, fraud detection, or law enforcement collaboration.
Who This Is Designed For:
Ideal for AML, fraud, and compliance staff at crypto firms, MSBs, and banks aiming to understand investigative red flags and case-building.
Agenda:
Common triggers that launch crypto investigations
Red flags that attract regulatory and law enforcement attention
Methods for tracing crypto transactions on the blockchain
Key evidence needed to support enforcement actions and prosecutions
How compliance efforts contribute to successful investigations and case-building
📅Date: NA ⏱️Duration: 60 minutes
📊Expertise Level: Beginner
Description:
This high-impact session blends doctoral research with real-world accountability, focusing on how ethical leadership strategies can be used to combat predatory lending and prevent costly compliance failures. Drawing from case studies in the mortgage, HUD, and financial sectors, we’ll examine how unethical practices often thrive in cultures lacking strong, values-based leadership. You’ll also explore how emerging tools like AI can proactively identify risk patterns and reinforce ethical decision-making—before regulators or headlines force your hand.
Featured Research:
Based on doctoral research in applying ethical leadership models to reduce predatory lending practices across underserved communities.
Who This Is Designed For:
Suited for senior compliance, legal, and audit leaders who shape tone-from-the-top and ethical frameworks.
Agenda:
Spot the Leadership Gap That Enables Predatory Behavior – Learn how unethical leadership opens the door to systemic noncompliance and consumer harm.
Use Ethical Leadership to Build Compliance Resilience – Explore leadership models that foster transparency, fairness, and proactive governance in high-risk markets.
Leverage AI as an Ally for Ethical Oversight – Discover how AI can assist in identifying red flags in loan patterns, fair lending discrepancies, and marketing practices to support ethical decision-making.
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High Risk Education delivers practical, scenario-based learning designed for the real regulatory challenges you face every day. Whether you're investigating suspicious activity, navigating complex regulations, or building a compliance program from scratch, our courses give you frameworks and skills you can apply immediately - not theoretical knowledge that sits on a shelf.
What sets us apart:
Courses built for real work – Beginner to advanced content designed around actual regulatory scenarios, not generic compliance theory
Learn by doing – Case studies, practical examples, and hands-on exercises that mirror what you'll encounter on the job
Ongoing support – Full access to our HRE Resource Center for templates, guides, and expert insights as you grow
Our Live Training Programs are accredited through the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS)
Expertise Where It Counts
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Becki LaPorte
Focused on financial crime training, prevention, detection and investigations. She is also a Strategic Advisor in Datos Insights’ Fraud & AML practice where she conducts research on current financial crime topics.
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Andrea Lee Valentin
over twenty-five years of experience in banking and financial services. She previously served as VP of the Prepaid Operations division of US Bank, where she was responsible for the Prepaid Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), bank relations/program management, Reg E dispute processing, complaint response teams, and KYC/CIP, AML, and fraud prevention.
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Erin O'Laughlin
Seasoned financial crime investigator and educator with over two decades of experience spanning intelligence operations, AML investigations, and cyber fraud
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Justin Muscolino
CEO & Co-Founder of High-risk Education, where he helps companies build stronger compliance training programs. With over 20 years of experience—including roles at FINRA, JPMorgan Chase, UBS, and Macquarie —Justin brings a practical understanding of how to meet regulatory expectations while keeping training clear and useful
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Brian Davis
Fraud prevention leader with over a decade of experience building and scaling fraud programs across fintech, e-commerce, and marketplaces. In his current work, he advises fraud vendors and operators on strategy, tooling, and program maturity, while through The House of Fraud he equips experts with intelligence and strategies to become impactful leaders.
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Freddy Massimi
Fraud fighter, program strategist, and anti-human trafficking advisor with over a decade of experience safeguarding vulnerable populations from financial crime and exploitation. Working within a major U.S. financial institution, Freddy leads enterprise initiatives that strengthen fraud prevention frameworks, elevate victim-centered recovery practices, and combat criminal financial networks that enable scams, human trafficking, and organized exploitation.