Robert Dodd is a financial consultant that has worked in a variety of complaince based roles. Early in his career he worked with the Bergen County (New Jersey) Prosecutor’s Office, where he led complex investigations involving fraud, drug distribution and money laundering. As a Detective Sergeant, he reviewed reports, assisted detectives in conducting all aspects of fraud investigations, supervised detectives and agents assigned to Criminal Investigation Division and provided a monthly analysis of the productivity of the Division’s squad members to other officials. Accomplishments included testifying as an expert witness in the field of Narcotics financing and creating a Money Laundering Unit at the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office incorporating use of the FinCEN database. In a public service capacity and later as a consultant, Mr.Dodd reviewed, prepared and evaluated hundreds of SAR’s reports.
In financial services, Mr. Dodd has worked as a fraud consultant with specific expertise in anti-money laundering, financial crimes, insurance fraud, public corruption and compliance. He has worked with various financial institutions and insurance businesses on fraud, terrorist financing and best practices for various compliance program components. He has participated in reviews of Bank Secrecy Act, Anti Money Laundering, Know Your Customer and Correspondent Banking compliance for major international financial institutions.
Mr. Dodd has presented on Terrorist Financing Prevention, Anti Money Laundering and Fraud to organizations including New Jersey Special Investigators and Association and Society of Investigators for Greater Newark. As an Anti Money Laundering Instructor, he has prepared participants for internships with financial institutions in compliance. As part of the Anti Money Laundering program, Mr. Dodd created courses that covered topics including the Corporate Fraud, Financing of Terror, Global Political Corruption, Sanctions-related regulations and best practices for compliance program components. As an Adjunct Professor with a private university, he has also created courses for their undergraduate program titled, Corporate Fraud, Financing of Terror and White Collar Crime.
Mr. Dodd has brought a high level of experience in the government arena with investigations, training and detection of illegal acts related to Money Laundering and other fraud violations. He has brought his experience to the private sector and has engaged in AML/BSA projects in the capacity of investigator to Project Manager.