Ross Delston is an independent American attorney, expert witness, and former U.S. banking regulator (FDIC) who has specialized for over 25 years in Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-money Laundering (BSA/AML) and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) issues.
Ross has been named as a testifying or consulting expert on BSA/AML, CFT, and banking issues in 25 civil and criminal cases in the U.S. and Canada, including U.S. v. Prevezon, a civil forfeiture action on behalf of the U.S. Attorney’s Office (S.D.N.Y.) and SEC v. Yin, an insider trading case, on behalf of the SEC. He also testified virtually on behalf of plaintiffs in a Canadian case, Jt. Liquidators of Stanford International Bank v. TD Bank, arising from of one of the largest Ponzi schemes in recent history.
He has also participated in the monitorships for two global financial institutions, AIG and BNP Paribas. Ross has been a consultant to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 1997 and has participated in the AML/CFT assessments of nine offshore financial centers. He is the author or co-author of numerous articles on BSA/AML and CFT topics,
Ross has presented on BSA, AML, CFT, OFAC and banking issues at numerous conferences and seminars throughout the world, including the IMF, World Bank, FDIC, OCC, and the central banks of China, Ghana, India and South Africa. Ross has been quoted on BSA/AML/CFT, OFAC, and banking issues in publications such as the New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Reuters, the New Yorker, Bloomberg, the American Banker, the Nikkei (Japan) and the Hindu Business Times (India).
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