Jennifer Shasky Calvery is the global head of financial crime threat mitigation for
HSBC
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["HSBC brings in AI to help spot money laundering"]
Martin Arnold, ''Financial Times'', April 8, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 20222. and a former director of the U.S. Treasury
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury that collects and analyzes information about financial transactions in order to combat domestic and international money laundering, terr ...
(FinCEN).
Education
Shasky Calvery holds a law degree from the
University of Arizona
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College of Law
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. She graduated summa cum laude with an undergraduate degree in international affairs from The
George Washington University
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Elliott School of International Affairs
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, where she was also an All-American basketball player.
Career
Working to prosecute
money-laundering
Money laundering is the process of concealing the origin of money, obtained from illicit activities such as drug trafficking, corruption, embezzlement or gambling, by converting it into a legitimate source. It is a crime in many jurisdictions ...
and related crimes,
[ she spent 15 years at the ]Department of Justice
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, including as an Organized Crime and Racketeering Section prosecutor, and two years as senior counsel with the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, through two federal administrations.[
She was director of the ]Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau of the United States Department of the Treasury that collects and analyzes information about financial transactions in order to combat domestic and international money laundering, terr ...
(FinCEN) of the United States Department of the Treasury
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from September 22, 2012, until May 27, 2016.
During her tenure at FinCEN, while representing the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section of the Department of Justice
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in a ...
, had been "considering seeking a guilty plea from HSBC" as early as September 2012.[
On April 16, 2016, she announced she would be leaving the position effective on May 27, 2016,] to join banking group HSBC.U.S. Treasury anti-laundering head to join HSBC: sources
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References
External links
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HSBC article
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Living people
American women civil servants
Elliott School of International Affairs alumni
James E. Rogers College of Law alumni
United States Department of the Treasury officials
Year of birth missing (living people)
HSBC people