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December 2023 – February 2024, Know Your Chapter, Pittsburgh Chapter

ACAMS Pittsburgh Chapter: Education Is the Foundation for AFC

December 13, 2023 /Leave a comment

Founding director of the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Graduate Certificate Program and associate professor at Gannon University, Musa Tuzuner, spoke to the ACAMS Pittsburgh Chapter about his career, studying anti-financial crime (AFC) and incorporating the lessons learned from the field experience and the classroom setting into...

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Get to Know Michael Fasanello

June 8, 2023June 9, 2023 /Leave a comment

In 2023, the ACAMS Pittsburgh Chapter had a chance to add new anti-financial crime (AFC) experts to their board. This interview provides the opportunity to get to know one of the new board members, Michael Fasanello, who is the crypto compliance officer at AnChain.AI. ACAMS...

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2020 ACAMS Pittsburgh Chapter Professional of the Year

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 /Leave a comment

In 2019, the ACAMS Pittsburgh Chapter sought new ways to recognize individuals in its community and created the Professional of the Year Award. Chapter members were given the opportunity to nominate individuals that performed above and beyond in the anti-money laundering (AML) community. This award...

December 2019 - February 2020, Know Your Chapter, Pittsburgh Chapter

Going Back to School: University Series

December 19, 2019 /Leave a comment

In 2019, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) Pittsburgh Chapter was hosting brainstorming sessions to look for new initiatives for their community. One idea was to work more with local universities to get students interested in the ever-growing field of money laundering,...

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2019 ACAMS Pittsburgh Chapter Professional of the Year

December 11, 2019 /Leave a comment

In 2019, the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) Pittsburgh Chapter sought new ways to recognize individuals in their community. This sparked the concept of the Professional of the Year Award. Chapter members were given the opportunity to nominate individuals that performed above and...

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Pittsburgh and AI Go Together Like French Fries on a Primanti’s Sandwich

June 27, 2019 /Leave a comment

Over the last couple of years, Pittsburgh has become known as the Silicon Valley of the east—and not just for its steel. Amazon, Uber, Google, Carnegie Mellon, University of Pittsburgh, The National Cyber-Forensics and Training Alliance, The National White Collar Crime Center and many more...

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2019 Has Us Smiling Like an Eat’n Park Cookie

June 27, 2019 /Leave a comment

The Pittsburgh Chapter of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) is rounding out the first quarter of the year. During this time, the chapter held two events and will soon hold their third. In addition to continuing to engage the community, the chapter...

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First Anniversary of the Pittsburgh Chapter

November 14, 2018November 26, 2018 /Leave a comment

What an exciting year! The Pittsburgh Chapter celebrated its first anniversary this past September. Since our launch, the Pittsburgh Chapter has held four events and we are looking to finish 2018 with one last event on November 29. During this rollercoaster year, we have been...