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In this six-part video series, Binance’s internal compliance experts share their insights into their work.
In the fifth video in this series, the leaders talk about the rich experience and expertise they bring to the Binance Compliance and Investigations team.
Over the past few years, Binance has invested heavily in improving our compliance and investigation capabilities. Today, we have a team of world-renowned professionals with a unique combination of law enforcement, compliance, investigation, and cryptocurrency experience.
In part 5 of this video series, we’ll hear from Binance’s Compliance and Investigations leaders as they share their career paths and unique expertise.
Matt Price, Binance’s Head of Global Intelligence and Investigations, returns to talk about his past law enforcement experience with local and federal agencies in the U.S. Matt previously worked at the U.S. Treasury Department as a cybercrime investigator. During his tenure, he handled cases involving major darknet markets, coin mixing and money laundering services, and other digital asset-related criminal activity.
Chagri Poyraz, Head of Global Sanctions, also appears again in this week’s video. Chagri talks about his experience developing a financial crime compliance program for the largest e-commerce company in South Korea, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Prior to that, he worked in a regional sanctions compliance role at HSBC.
Binance Compliance Officer Steve Christie followed closely and recalled his experience of starting his career in the traditional financial field. Steve worked in a banking institution for about seven years and was later promoted to be responsible for the company's financial intelligence department and anti-money laundering (AML) investigations. He entered the cryptocurrency field in 2015 and became the Chief Compliance Officer of Xapo. After that, he served as the Chief Compliance Officer of Kraken, a US cryptocurrency trading platform, for about four and a half years.
The episode ends with an interview with Tigran Gambaryan, Head of Financial Crime Compliance at Binance. He spent 15 years in various law enforcement positions, including as a Special Agent with the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). During his time there, he became fascinated by the world of cryptocurrency as he realized the opportunities that the transparency of public blockchains offered investigators. Since then, he has led several high-profile cryptocurrency-related investigations and pioneered new ways to solve cybercrime, making a significant impact on the industry. His current goal is to continue this work at Binance.
There will be more videos in this series next week. Stay tuned!