
Financial Crime and AML Compliance professional with 8+ years of investigative experience across law enforcement and banking. CAMS-certified with expertise in KYC onboarding, transaction monitoring, and fraud investigations, including cryptocurrency-related financial crime. Holder of the TRM Crypto Fundamentals Certification with knowledge of blockchain risk indicators and digital asset compliance.
Specializations: Financial Crime Investigations • Cryptocurrency Fraud • AML/KYC Compliance • Transaction Monitoring
• Manage end-to-end KYC onboarding for high-net-worth individuals and corporate clients across Latin America, ensuring compliance with UBS internal policies and global AML/KYC regulatory standards.
• Conduct customer due diligence (CDD) using LexisNexis, World-Check, and internal systems to screen for sanctions, adverse media, and PEP exposure, and review client documentation, beneficial ownership structures, and source of wealth/source of funds to ensure AML/KYC compliance.
• Perform Periodic KYC Reviews (PKRs) to reassess client risk profiles and ensure customer information and documentation remain current and compliant with regulatory requirements.
• Conduct transaction monitoring investigations to identify unusual activity and escalate potential suspicious behavior in accordance with internal AML protocols.
AML & Compliance: AML/KYC, CDD/EDD, Transaction Monitoring, Sanctions & OFAC Screening, PEP & Adverse Media Review
Investigations: Financial Crime Investigations, Cryptocurrency Investigations, Fraud Detection, OSINT
Tools: LexisNexis, WorldCheck, Salesforce
Technical Knowledge: Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Fundamentals, Cybersecurity Fundamentals
Albanian (Fluent), English (Fluent)