Description
Date: 10/18/23
Registration & Breakfast: 9:00 am
Start time: 9:30 am
End Time: 11:00 am
Location: IIAC Office, 100 Wellington St W, Suite 1910, Toronto
Delve into the dark world of fraud, corruption, and money laundering with a rare view from the inside.
From touching on inconvenient issues like security, hiring decisions and background checks; to tackling complicated money laundering schemes, corporate fraud, bribery, blackmail, extortion and more, this session offers wise insights on human character and organizational culture that can help you to spot and avoid the perils of white-collar crime. It will also address the leverage that the digitalization of the financial industry is offering to criminals, and how to mitigate the negative impact to your firm. Chris is a unique, humorous, and fascinating speaker who will bring his lived experiences of working underground, into the light for the benefit of the financial industry.
SPEAKER:
Chris Mathers
Chris is a professional public speaker and trainer. He is also the author of the bestselling book, Crime School: Money Laundering.
Chris spent most of his life working undercover for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the US Drug Enforcement Administration, and the US Customs Service. Posing as a gangster, a drug trafficker and even as a money launderer, Chris takes audiences into the underworld that only he can describe, letting people in on the stunning stories and secrets harboured by terrorists and those involved in organized crime.
In 1995, Chris joined the Forensic division of the international accounting firm, KPMG. In 1999, he was appointed to the position of President of KPMG Corporate Intelligence Inc. where he was responsible for international due diligence, asset recovery operations, and the investigation and prevention of organized crime and money laundering.
Chris now operates an international Crime and Risk Consulting Practice (www.chrismathers.com) that does consulting and investigations related to: cyber-security and forensics; anti-money laundering compliance; investigation of complex financial crimes; design and implementation of training courses for the financial sector, government, law enforcement and intelligence agencies; and more.
*** This session may be eligible for CE credits ***
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