Charles Pine

Background

About Charles Pine

Serving as a BDO USA Partner, I lead the firm’s Legal, Compliance Practice which includes BSA/AML/and economic sanctions compliance services, money laundering and due diligence investigations and testifying subject matter expert services, civil and criminal tax fraud investigations, and subject matter expert services, digital asset, cryptocurrency, and FinTech investigations, compliance and testifying subject matter expert services, and financial fraud & forensic accounting investigations and testifying subject matter expert services. With over 38 years of financial fraud investigations and compliance experience, I serve as a testifying subject matter expert in money laundering, anti-money laundering, the Bank Secrecy Act, OFAC sanctions compliance, financial compliance due diligence, criminal and civil tax fraud, casino and financial institution fraud & anti-fraud compliance and anti-money laundering compliance. As a Senior Executive (SES) Director, Field Operations for IRS, Criminal Investigation, I was responsible for all criminal investigations in the eastern half of the U.S. including some of the most significant and high profile financial fraud investigations in recent history. During my federal law enforcement career, I served as the Senior Executive Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office, and served as the Director, International Operations where I represented the U.S. Treasury Dept. as a key member of U.S. delegations at Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and Office of Economic Co-Operation and Development international AML and ATF plenary and typology sessions. I worked closely with financial investigative units of FATF member countries as a partner with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to develop regulations, policy, best practices, and typologies for AML and ATF detection, prevention, and compliance.