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Alma Angotti

Alma Angotti
Office:
Washington, DC
Phone:
+1.202.481.8398
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Alma Angotti is a Director in the Global Investigations & Compliance practice in the Washington DC office. With nearly 25 years of regulatory practice, she has the distinctive experience of holding senior enforcement positions at the SEC, Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) and FINRA (Financial Industry Regulatory Authority). 

A widely recognized anti-money laundering (AML) expert, she has trained and advised the financial services industry as well as other regulators and government officials around the world on AML and counter terrorist finance matters. As a regulator, she had responsibility for a wide range of compliance and enforcement issues affecting broker-dealers, issuers, and financial institutions. She has an extensive background as an enforcement attorney and in private practice conducting investigations and litigating a variety of civil and criminal enforcement matters.

Articles by Alma Angotti

Financial Markets Association’s Market Solutions Newsletter

The Financial Markets Association’s Market Solutions Newsletter, features Ellen Zimiles and Alma Angotti’s article Anti-Money Laundering Compliance for Investment Advisers- What You Can Do Right Now, as the cover story for their March issue.

 Article / White Paper
FinCEN Imposes Anti-Money Laundering Compliance and Suspicious Activity Reporting Requirements on Non-Bank Residential Mortgage Lenders and Originators

Read this article to learn about FinCEN’s extension of some of the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”) provisions to non-bank residential mortgage lenders and originators (“RMLO”), including covered entities, developing an AML compliance program, suspicious activity reporting, examination and enforcement, and what companies can do now to prepare.

 Article / White Paper
Managing the Risks of Master/Sub-Account Relationships

In this white paper, Ellen Zimiles, Alma Angotti and Jay Perlman outline several steps that broker-dealers in securities that have master/sub-account trading structures can take to ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations and address the risk presented by their customers.

 Article / White Paper
Anti-Money Laundering Compliance for Investment Advisers – What You Can Do Right Now

Read this article to learn about FinCEN’s proposed rule that would require investment advisers to establish anti-money laundering compliance programs and file suspicious activity reports. The rule would subject investment advisers to the same rules applied to all entities covered by the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”).

 Article / White Paper
FinCEN Requests Comments on Planned Rule to Explicitly Require Customer Due Diligence and Beneficial Ownership

In this article, Alma Angotti and Ellen Zimiles outline the key provisions discussed in the ANPRM and recommends best practices for customer due diligence programs.

 Article / White Paper
AML Compliance Program Testing

In this podcast, Navigant Director Alma Angotti explains certain instances in which performing anti-money laundering (“AML”) compliance program tests annually may not be enough for banks, broker-dealers and other financial institutions.

 Video

Education

  • BA, with Honors, West Viriginia University
  • JD, University of Virginia School of Law

Industry Specialization

  • Financial Services

Functional Expertise

  • Anti-Money Laundering
  • Due Diligence
  • Special Investigations
  • Financial Services