Joseph Ford Email & Phone Number

An experienced and highly skilled Financial and Fraud Investigator, with expertise in financial crime, AML, SARs and counter terrorist financing.Specialist knowledge of POCA 2002, ML typologies, boiler room and corporate fraud. Responsible for responding to SARs from the regulated sector, liaising with MLRO's, conducting restraint and confiscation proceedings.Proven track record for planning and managing multiple investigations, both complex and protracted or fast paced and time sensitive, with minimal supervision or as part of a team.Strong analytical and report writing skills. Considerable experience reviewing and mining vast amounts of financial and personal data.Management of diverse teams. As Senior Analyst, re-arranged the tasking process and focus desks, increasing organisational productivity. Ongoing mentoring and guidance of colleagues through the Financial Investigation process as an official tutor.Acts with integrity, results driven, with a meticulous eye for details and a strong team ethic.Qualified with an ICA Int Diploma in AML and CFT (2017) gaining invaluable experience of compliance, KYC/CDD, risk and the regulatory sector.NCA accredited Financial Investigator. Developing as an accredited Confiscator. Certified Fraud Investigator.University Graduate–BA (Hons) 2:1 in International Relations.Successful prosecution of a criminal group responsible for multi-million pound diamond boiler room scam, concluding with several prison sentences and a Judge’s Commendation.Investigation of one of the first binary options scams, earning specialist knowledge in the subject shared internally and externally.Set strategy and led an investigation leading to the disruption of an international billion pound corporate bond certificate ML attempt.Received Commissioner’s Commendation as head Analyst during an operation against a North African terrorist planning and financing group, an operation subsequently used as a national best practice training tool.

Listed skills include Criminal Investigations, Anti Money Laundering, Suspicious Activity Reporting, Fraud, and 14 others.

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  Nottingham Trent University

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