Alison Jimenez, CAMS

Alison K. Jimenez, CAMS, is a Bates Consulting and Testifying Expert where she utilizes her extensive background in the financial industry to consult and provide expert witness testimony on complex financial matters involving Compliance and Anti-Money Laundering. Alison’s expertise in illicit finance has been sought out by federal agencies including DOJ, DHS, and the FBI. Alison is based in Tampa, Florida.

Alison has been retained as an expert on AML issues in federal and state courts, arbitrations, Investor-State Dispute Settlement, criminal and regulatory enforcement actions on a variety of financial crime issues including market manipulation, corruption, Ponzi schemes, and cryptocurrency scams. In addition, Alison has experience providing quantitative witness testimony in retail securities litigation matters.

In compliance consulting engagements, Alison has applied her data analysis and technical skills in developing AML and anti-financial crime software applications. Next, Alison has served as an independent auditor to plan and conduct AML audits of financial institutions, verify compliance with PATRIOT Act, Suspicious Activity Report filing requirements and other rules/laws. Finally, Alison advises financial institutions on how to improve AML controls related to high-risk markets, products, or customers. 

Recognized as a global expert, she frequently addresses AML and financial crime topics at leading forums, including the United Nations and Interpol. Alison has published multiple articles on financial crime topics including human trafficking, cryptocurrency scams, and commercial CSAM. Finally, Alison testified before the U.S. House Financial Services subcommittee on Digital Assets on the use of cryptocurrency in illicit activity.

Alison has served on the Education and Examination Task Forces for the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS). Alison served as a member of the Department of Defense- Working Group on Counter Threat Finance and was selected to attend the DOD’s Countering Transnational Organized Crime program at the George Marshall Center in Garmisch, Germany.

Prior to this role, Alison was a Litigation Analyst with Raymond James Financial where she served as Subject Matter Expert to the Compliance and Legal departments on quantitative analysis of suspicious activity and securities transactions. While with the Florida Department of Banking and Finance, Division of Securities, Alison was a Financial Examiner/Analyst where she enforced Florida, NASD and SEC securities regulations.  Alison holds a master’s degree in economics and is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and a Cryptocurrency Tracing Certified Examiner.