Sean McCrossan started his compliance career at Ally Bank where he investigated suspicious activity enterprise wide for Ally Bank’s Financial Crimes Intelligence Unit, conducted quality reviews and was involved in tuning efforts for transaction monitoring, communication with law enforcement, and the requirements and design of Ally’s Fraud and AML Case Management Tool.  He joined Citigroup in 2015 and is currently providing global anti-money laundering (AML) advisory guidance on new payment method products prior to approval and launch.

McCrossan is CAMS certified and a graduate of the ACAMS Advanced Financial Crimes Investigations course. He presented his white paper on mobile and internet payment systems at the ACAMS 14th Annual AML & Financial Crime Conference and is currently part of the CAMS 6th Edition Examination Task Force.

Before starting a career in financial crimes, he worked in physical and corporate security capacities and spent 10 years managing the construction of high-end custom homes.  He is a U.S. Army veteran and a graduate of some of the U.S. Army’s top schools, including the prestigious Ranger School.