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2016 BANK SECRECY ACT CONFERENCE MAY 17, 2016 Presented by the State Bar of Nevada - Gaming Law Section South Point Hotel, Casino and Spa | 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. AGENDA 7:15 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast and Registration 8:00 a.m. to 8:40 a.m. Keynote Opening Address (Introduction by: Katrina Carroll, Esq., Wilmer Hale) Chris Warrener, Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal Investigation, Federal Bureau of Investigation 8:40 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. BREAK 8:45 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Know Your Customer & Source of Wealth: Challenges of Third Party Transactions & Foreign Patrons Jim Dowling, Dowling Advisory Group (Moderator) Paul Camacho, Vice President of AML Compliance, Station Casinos, LLC Jeffrey M. Hanna, Associate, McGuireWoods, LLP Paul Seeman, General Counsel, Rush Street Gaming, LLC and LAMB Partners 9:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. BREAK 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. What Data Analytics Should The Casino Use? Brian Lopez, CFE, CIDA, Director, Grant Thornton, LLP (Moderator) Stephanie Budnyk, Director of Regulatory Compliance, Rivers Casino Raymond E. Dillion, BSA Acting Casino Group Manager, Anti-Money Laundering Program 11:00 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. BREAK 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. AGA’s Revised Best Practices: Implementing the Recommendations Tom Peterman, SVP-Chief Compliance Officer, MGM Resorts International (Moderator) Peggy Jacobs, Vice President of Gaming Compliance, MGM Resorts International Josh Smith, Vice President of International Compliance, MGM Resorts International Elizabeth Tranchina, VP of Legal Affairs & Corp. Compliance Officer, Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. 12:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch with Keynote Speaker (Introduction by: Bo Bernhard, Executive Director, UNLV - IGI) Juan C. Zarate, Chairman and Co-Founder, Financial Integrity Network and Senior National Security Analyst, CBS News 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. FATF Mutual Evaluation & Politically Exposed Persons - Foreign and Domestic Ross Delston, Esq., CAMS, Law Offices of Ross Delston Sandra Garcia, Sr. Policy Advisor, Office of Strategic Policy, Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, U.S. Department of Treasury 2:30 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. BREAK 2:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. Case Studies: Recent Enforcement Actions: Why They Matter to Your Casino Kevin Rosenberg, Chairman of Government Investigations and White Collar Crime Litigation Group, Lowenstein & Weatherwax, LLP Jeffrey B. Setness, Shareholder, Fabian VanCott 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. BREAK 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. FinCEN Enforcement Process: SAR Violations & Why Casinos Are Missing Them? Jason Carmen, IRS, BSA Casino Group Manager Gregory Lisa, Chief-MSB & Casinos Section, Enforcement Division, FinCEN ar o ate B f Nev St ada GAMING LAW SECTION Speakers BO BERNHARD, Ph.D. Executive Director UNLV International Gaming Institute (Las Vegas, NV) Dr. Bo Bernhard is the Executive Director of the UNLV International Gaming Institute, the world’s largest academic institution dedicated to the study of gambling and the global gaming industry. Dr. Bernhard began his research career at Harvard University, where as an undergraduate he captained the baseball team, was voted outstanding player on the nationally-ranked soccer team, and completed a double major (psychology and sociology) magna cum laude thesis on the global impacts of the gaming industry. The foundations his thesis have since been extended worldwide, and by the age of 30, Dr. Bernhard had lectured on all six inhabited continents. Today, Dr. Bernhard calls Las Vegas home, but he works frequently in jurisdictions as diverse as South Africa, Australia, Singapore, South Korea, Macao, Vietnam, China, Japan, Taiwan, Argentina, Brazil, Russia, Portugal, Austria, Germany, Greece, England, Mexico, and Canada – as well as dozens of states in the U.S. – advising government and private sector groups on policy and socio-economic impacts. His research has been published in the top journals in both the business sciences (including Cornell Quarterly) and the social sciences (including a guest edited special volume of American Behavioral Scientist), and he currently serves as Executive Editor for a leading peer-reviewed academic journal, Gaming Research and Review. Dr. Bernhard’s projects have been prominently featured in local and national media outlets (including CNN, PBS, NPR, The New York Times, The Australian Broadcasting Channel, and The History Channel), and he has been a popular guest on Dr. Drew Pinsky’s television programs. These efforts have earned him numerous awards, including the World Affairs Council’s International Educator of the Year award, the UNLV Hotel College’s top teaching and research awards, the university-wide Spanos Teaching Award, given to the outstanding teacher on campus, and the university- wide Barrick Scholar Award, given to one scholar per year for outstanding early-career research. STEPHANIE BUDNYK Director of Regulatory Compliance Rivers Casinos - Des Plaines (Des Plaines, IL) Stephanie Budnyk, Director of Regulatory Compliance, at Rivers Casino – Des Plaines has over 19 years of gaming industry experience. Her experience includes working in various areas such as Casino Cage, Surveillance and Regulatory Compliance and has extensive experience in BSA/AML auditing oversight. She is also the BSA Officer for Rivers Casino and provides BSA consultation to other Rush Street Gaming owned casinos. Stephanie also led the team that created and developed the compliance program at Rivers Casino when it opened in 2011. In the past Stephanie has worked for many casinos in the Midwest. PAUL CAMACHO, CPA Vice President of AML Compliance Station Casinos, LLC (Las Vegas, NV) Paul Camacho is the Vice President of AML Compliance for Station Casinos. Paul previously served as the Special Agent in Charge for the Las Vegas Field Office of IRS Criminal Investigation. Paul has overseen sophisticated financial investigations involving abusive tax schemes, offshore banking, high dollar ponzi and investment fraud, embezzlement, internet fraud, military contract fraud, identify theft, mortgage fraud, money laundering, organized crime groups, illegal gambling operations, human trafficking, drug trade organizations, political corruption, sovereign citizens and terrorism financing. The aggregate dollar value of these investigations exceeds well over a billion dollars. Paul is a Certified Public Accountant and a graduate of California State University East Bay. Page 2 Speakers KATRINA CARROLL Counsel Wilmer Hale (Washington, D.C.) Katrina Carroll is a counsel in WilmerHale’s Washington office, focusing on anti-money laundering, financial sanctions and other illicit finance issues. She provides ongoing counseling, works on civil and criminal investigations, and advises on transactions involving sanctions and other regulatory issues. Katrina also serves as external counsel to two trade associations with regard to anti-money laundering and sanctions. Prior to joining the firm, Katrina spent nearly a decade working on these issues in the federal government. Most recently, she worked in Treasury’s Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, where she worked closely with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), the Department of Justice and other government agencies on policy responses to threats to the international financial system. In particular, she concentrated on targeted measures to combat narcotics trafficking and terrorist financing, with special emphasis on protecting charitable organizations from abuse. Katrina also served as senior counsel in Treasury’s Office of the Assistant Counsel for Enforcement and Intelligence. Before Treasury, Katrina was senior counsel for anti- money laundering in the Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) at the Securities and Exchange Commission.Ms. Garcia’s work focuses primarily on anti-money laundering issues related to the banking and non-banking sectors and developing policy responses to illicit finance issues. She has contributed to various U.S. government illicit finance assessments and reports including the 2015 U.S. National Money Laundering Risk Assessment. She is a member of the U.S. delegation to the Financial Action Task Force and is currently working on the Mutual Evaluation of the United States. JASON CARMEN BSA Group Manager IRS (Las Vegas, NV) Jason Carmen began working for I.R.S. BSA Casino Group in August 2007 and became manager in July 2009. He is responsible for all Nevada and Atlantic City casinos but as needed his group performs exams on tribal casinos, card clubs, and commercial casinos in other jurisdictions. Before coming to the I.R.S., Jason worked 10 years as a senior examiner for the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Jason has a B.S. in Accountancy and an M.B.A. from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. ROSS DELSTON, ESQ., CAMS Law Offices of Ross Delston (Washington, D.C.) Ross Delston is a Washington, DC-based attorney, Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) and former banking regulator (FDIC) with almost 40 years of experience in the financial services sector. He has specialized in BSA/AML issues for the last 15 years. Representative engagements include participating in two major compliance projects involving international banking, BSA/AML, KYC, and OFAC; conducting five annual independent AML audits for a publically held company in the gaming industry; and acting as an expert witness in eight civil cases, most recently for the U.S. Attorney’s Office (SDNY). Ross has been a consultant to the IMF since 1997 and has participated in the AML/CFT assessments of nine offshore financial centers, including Saint Vincent (2010) and Bermuda (2008). Page 3 Speakers RAYMOND E. DILLION BSA Acting Casino Group Manager, Anti-Money Laundering Program IRS (Las Vegas, NV) Ray Dillon began working for the I.R.S. BSA Casino Group in September 2009 and is currently the acting casino group manager. He is responsible for all Nevada and Atlantic City casinos but as needed his group performs exams on tribal casinos, card clubs, and commercial casinos throughout the United States.