Mr. Bogdan’s work supported complex investigations and identified and prioritized illicit financial actors. These processes successfully identified shell company networks, ultimate beneficial owners, and associated assets in high-profile money laundering, terrorism finance, foreign corruption, and financial crime investigations. Nick also designed and produced novel macro-level data analyses that quantitatively model trends and patterns in illicit finance to assess global and regional AML risks.
For private sector clients, Nick has been the financial data analytics subject matter expert for evaluation and investigation groups focused on high-risk foreign financial institutions. He developed processes for data processing, enrichment, and prioritization of international financial transactions and their related parties to screen account holders and counterparties against sanction lists, negative news media, and derogatory data collections. Nick commonly operates in a politically sensitive environments with international clients to share analytical findings and ensure necessary compliance.
Nick has provided specialized financial data analytics training, consultations, and technical capacity-building to law enforcement agencies and financial intelligence units around the world. He has provided data-driven analyses for Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and regional FATF group risk assessments. Nick has also collaborated with financial institutions to develop metrics-based analyses to assess and refine AML and fraud reporting.
Nick earned a Bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University, studied graduate-level work at Georgetown University, and is a certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (ACAMS).