2008 AMLAC & FRAUD FORUM FEATURED SPEAKERS

Bank Security Specialist
Cassandra Chandler
Bank of America

Mrs. Chandler received a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and English from Louisiana State University and a Juris Doctorate from Loyola University School of Law. Prior to joining Bank of America, Mrs. Chandler enjoyed a career as a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a former television news anchorperson, reporter and talk show host, and, she practiced law with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Mrs. Chandler is Corporate Security’s Executive for domestic and international investigations. She previously spent 23 years as a Special Agent in the FBI investigating and managing white collar crimes with emphasis on financial crimes and health care fraud. She was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent in the Legal Counsel Division at FBI Headquarters where she supported the defense of the agency and its personnel in civil litigation matters.

Mrs. Chandler’s promotions in the FBI also included supervisor of white-collar crimes in the San Diego Field Office, Assistant Special Agent in Charge of the San Francisco Field Office, and Section Chief of the Bureau’s analytical intelligence program for crime and domestic terrorism. She became the FBI’s first African-American female Special Agent to rise through the ranks and become an Assistant Director when she was promoted to head the FBI Academy at Quantico, Virginia. She was also named Assistant Director of the Office of Public Affairs and designated the FBI’s National Spokesperson.

Mrs. Chandler retired from federal service in December 2007, as the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Norfolk Field Office in Virginia.

She is a graduate of the National Executive Institute and a recipient of numerous awards and recognitions, including the “Presidential Rank of Meritorious Executive Award,” the National Center for Women and Policing’s “Breaking the Glass Ceiling” Award, and the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives’ “Phenomenal Woman” Community Service Award.

Conference Chairperson
Don Temple
KPMG

Don is a nationally recognized practitioner in the area of currency reporting; money laundering; the detection of suspicious activity and transactions; and fraud investigations. He is a regular guest speaker and co-chairman at industry conferences, and has conducted hundreds of presentations for financial institutions including banks, investment firms, money service businesses, business groups, the Department of Justice, and federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.

Don is a long-time supporter of financial institutions’ efforts to comply with currency reporting laws and anti-money laundering laws and regulations. He worked with financial institutions to develop and enhance compliance training programs focused on detecting and preventing money laundering and fraudulent activity.

During his twenty-six years with the Internal Revenue Service in the Delaware Maryland District, where he served as a Special Agent, Don became the Title 31 Coordinator in 1984 and later developed the Maryland Financial Investigative Task Force; a multi agency task force which included the FBI, U.S. Customs Service, U. S. Postal Service, and the Drug Enforcement Administration. That task force was used as a model for subsequent task forces formed in the United States.

After leaving IRS, in September 2000, Don joined Mantas, Inc., a company that developed a system to monitor and analyze customer, account, and transaction information to detect suspect behavior in the area of money laundering and fraud. He was Mantas’ Industry Expert for currency reporting, fraud and money laundering detection, prevention and enforcement.

Don joined Commerce Bank, Cherry Hill, New Jersey as the Director of Anti-Money Laundering Investigations and BSA/AML Subject Matter Expert during July 2004.

Don joined KPMG during December 2006 as a Director in the Forensic Services Practice in Baltimore, Maryland.

Don’s specialties are the reporting and record keeping requirements of Title 31 U.S. Code, including the USA PATRIOT Act; the money laundering provisions of Title 18 U. S. Code sections 1956 and 1957; BSA and AML program requirements for financial institutions and global anti-money laundering regulations.

Risk Expert
Jack Sonnenschein
Bank of New York Mellon

Jack Sonnenschein is a Managing Director and Global Head of AML Audit at Bank of New York Mellon. Previously, Jack was Director of Risk Management Standards and Initiatives in Citigroup’s Global Anti-Money Laundering group, developing technology solutions for customer acquisition and identification programs, transaction and account monitoring and USA Patriot Act compliance. He has worked extensively in developing country, product and customer risk models to integrate and support customer due diligence and monitoring systems.
Prior to joining Citigroup in 2001, Jack headed up the risk management group for corporate trust services and structured finance at Chase Manhattan Bank.  He also served as a Client Service Partner in Chase’s General Auditing Department responsible for delivering financial and technology audit services to Global Private Banking, Consumer Banking, Credit Card and Mortgage Banking clients.  

Mr. Sonnenschein started his career at Touche Ross in Quebec and New York where he earned his chartered accountancy and certified public accountant designations.

Legal Expert
Betty Santangelo
Schulte, Roth & Zabel

Betty Santangelo is a partner at Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP where she specializes in white collar criminal defense and securities enforcement, and has a nationally recognized expertise in corporate compliance issues, including anti-money laundering, OFAC and FCPA. Her practice includes representing financial institutions and individuals in various matters before the U.S. Attorney's Office and various regulatory agencies, including the SEC, the CFTC, the NYSE and the NASD; advising financial institutions on their anti-money laundering/OFAC/FCPA procedures; and conducting internal investigations. She has served as an Independent Consultant in SEC enforcement matters. She previously served as First Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for Merrill Lynch where she had responsibility for representation of the firm and its employees in regulatory litigation before federal and state regulatory agencies, as well as in criminal matters before the U.S. Attorney's Office and state prosecutors and in foreign jurisdictions. Prior to Merrill Lynch, she served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, specializing in securities and commodities fraud prosecutions.

At Merrill Lynch, Betty was also responsible for the oversight of all Bank Secrecy Act reporting and antimoney laundering activities. As part of this responsibility, she established the anti-money laundering procedures for Merrill Lynch, including the creation of a money laundering prevention group. Among her many professional activities, she has served as the securities and futures industry representative on the Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group of the U.S. Department of the Treasury. She is counsel to the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association's ("SIFMA") Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crimes Committee. She is a 1998 recipient of the Director's Medal for Exceptional Service from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the United States Treasury Department. She was the United States securities industry representative at the Financial Action Task Force ("FATF") 1998 meeting in Brussels, Belgium and represented the SIA, the Futures Industry Association and the Investment Company Institute at the 2002 FATF meeting in Paris. She previously served as a Division Director of the ABA Litigation Committee, the Chair of the Securities Litigation Sub-Committee, and its Broker-Dealer Subcommittee.

Betty speaks frequently on corporate compliance, anti-money laundering/OFAC and FCPA issues, as well as criminal and securities law issues. She also served as an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School, where she taught a course on Anti-Money Laundering.