Congress recently enacted the Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for the current fiscal year. This Act is the most consequential anti-money laundering legislation passed in decades. It contains new whistleblower awards and protections, especially those related to financial institutions. Experienced white collar attorneys Bart Daniel and Matt Austin will present this CLE.

Bart Daniel, Partner 

• Daniel has prosecuted and defended, at trial, complex money laundering, civil, and other criminal cases involving securities fraud, antitrust violations, U.S. Customs fraud, and healthcare fraud, as well as cases involving bank fraud, government contracting fraud, and tax crimes.
• Daniel's practice focuses on both complex commercial and white collar litigation, along with government and internal investigations.
• The co-chair of the firm's white collar crime defense and government investigations team, he has served as special counsel to the governor of South Carolina, conducting an internal investigation into allegations of public corruption and influence peddling in state government.
• Daniel is a first-chair veteran trial lawyer and is past president for the National Association of Former United States Attorneys.
• He is the co-chair of the firm's white collar crime defense and government investigations team.

Matt Austin, Of Counsel

• Austin spent more than six years in the White Collar Section of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina.
• Austin was the lead attorney on numerous money laundering cases and was responsible for leading cases from initial stages of investigation to indictment and trial.
• He has handled multiple international money laundering cases, including schemes involving international trade-based money laundering, black market peso exchanges, and hawala.
• He was the lead attorney for multiple investigations by the Department of State - Office of Inspector General into procurement fraud involving the Department of State's Global Financial Services Center and the United States Treasury. 
• He has presented to banking professionals with the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS).
• Austin led the Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) review team, which included representatives from local, state, and federal agencies, for the Charleston U.S. Attorney’s Office.