Ari Redbord
Ari Redford is the Head of Legal and Government Affairs at TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence company that helps detect and investigate crypto-related financial crimes and fraud. At TRM, Ari works with law enforcement, regulators, financial institutions, and cryptocurrency businesses to help make cryptocurrency safe for billions of people. Prior to joining TRM Labs, he served as a Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary and the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence at the United States Department of Treasury. He worked with teams from the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), and other Treasury and interagency components on issues related to sanctions, the Bank Secrecy Act, cryptocurrency, and anti-money laundering strategies. Ari has received numerous awards from FinCEN, the FBI, and the United States Attorney's Office, including the Attorney General's Award for leading an interagency task force dedicated to prosecuting those who abuse and exploit children.
Ari Redbord Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Head of Legal and Government Affairs
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Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
Academic History
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Doctor of Law
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B.A., History, Political Science
TREASURY
He helped deploy sanctions and other regulatorions against threat actors, including terrorist financiers, weapons of mass destruction proliferators, and drug kingpins.
He also helped deploy sanctions against other rogue actors, including Iran, Syria, North Korea and Venezuela.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Prior to the Treasury, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia for 11 years.
He investigated and prosecuted terrorism, espionage, threat finance, cryptocurrency, export control, child exploitation and human trafficking cases.
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Transatlantic Response to Illicit Finance Taskforce Member, RUSI
Board of Trustee, Washington Hebrew Congregation
Board Member Duke DC, Duke University
Chair, Duke Performance Advisory Board
Board Member, Beauvoir, The National Cathedral Elementary School
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Ari frequently appears on various national and international publications and media outlets.
He appeared in an interview at CNBC's Squawk Box.
He has also appeared as a guest on Real Vision.