AML & Financial Crime Speaker
AML & Financial Crime Keynote Speaker on Cybercrime, Crypto, and Illicit Finance
Alison Jimenez is an AML and financial crime expert speaker who reveals how criminals turn cyberattacks, fraud, cryptocurrency, and online exploitation into profit.
A compelling storyteller and expert witness in financial crime, fraud, and money-laundering matters, Alison transforms cold, hard data and headline-making cases into clear, human-centered insights that audiences remember—and can act on.
She has delivered more than 100 presentations for organizations including ACAMS, National Cybersecurity Alliance, Harvard, Yale, INTERPOL, Europol, the World Bank, and the United Nations.
Alison has also testified before the U.S. House Financial Services Subcommittee on Digital Assets on cryptocurrency’s use in illicit activity, and has been quoted the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, American Banker, and Bloomberg.
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BOOK ALISONAlison’s research and expertise have informed Industry, Government, and Global Audiences
Industry and professional organizations: NASCUS, ACAMS, ACFE, NASAA, ACFCS, Missouri Bankers Association, and the National Cybersecurity Alliance.
Government and global organizations: INTERPOL, Europol, the United Nations, the World Bank, Organization for Security & Cooperation in Europe, and the U.S. Department of Defense.
Private and educational events: Major banks, fintechs, health insurance companies, technology organizations, and university cybersecurity events.
Whether delivering a keynote, custom webinar, executive briefing, panel discussion, or guest lecture, Alison combines authoritative research, practical insights, real-world case studies, and compelling storytelling.
Book Alison for: AML and financial-crime conferences, cybersecurity events, bank board briefings, compliance programs, leadership meetings, corporate events, employee-awareness initiatives, financial institutions, technology companies, universities, professional associations, and virtual events.
Featured Financial Crime & Cybercrime Keynotes
Phishing to Fortunes: How Cybercrime Is Monetized
A stolen password or convincing phishing message can trigger a much larger financial-crime chain. Alison uses headline-making cases to show how criminals turn phishing, account takeover, business email compromise, ransomware, and social engineering into stolen funds and laundered proceeds.
Audience takeaway: A clear understanding of how everyday cyber failures become financial losses—and the practical behaviors that help interrupt that chain.
Ideal for: Cybersecurity awareness events, corporate audiences, financial institutions, and technology teams.
Behind the Screen: Financial Sextortion Targeting Teens
Financial sextortion is a form of online exploitation in which offenders use threats, coercion, impersonation, or manipulated images to demand money from victims. Alison explains how transnational criminal groups use social media, messaging platforms, and payment tools to identify targets, manipulate teenagers, collect payments, and operate at scale.
Delivered with care and adapted for each audience, this presentation connects online safety to the financial-crime ecosystem behind the harm. It emphasizes awareness, prevention, reporting, safeguarding, and a compassionate, victim-centered response.
Audience takeaway: A clearer understanding of how financial sextortion works, the warning signs to recognize, and the actions individuals and organizations can take to help prevent harm and support victims.
Book Alison for: Social media and technology companies, financial institutions, schools, universities, cybersecurity educators, safeguarding professionals, youth-serving and parental organizations, and employee-awareness events.
Why Some Criminals Love Cryptocurrency
Cryptocurrency’s appeal to criminals goes beyond anonymity. Its speed, global reach, accessibility, pseudonymity, and permissionless infrastructure can make it useful to ransomware groups, fraudsters, money launderers, and state-linked actors.
Using memes, real-world cases, and clear storytelling, Alison explains how criminals use crypto to collect ransom, run investment scams, move illicit funds, and attempt to conceal financial activity. The presentation makes a complex subject accessible without oversimplifying the risks or the technology.
Audience takeaway: A practical understanding of why certain criminal actors use cryptocurrency, how common crypto-crime schemes work, and the AML, fraud, cybersecurity, and sanctions questions organizations should be asking.
Book Alison for: Financial institutions, compliance and AML teams, fintechs, digital-asset companies, cybersecurity professionals, regulators, executive audiences, and financial-crime conferences.
Additional Topics
Alison also delivers tailored keynotes and custom webinars on human trafficking and money laundering, emerging financial-crime threats, geopolitics and sanctions, and terrorist financing. She connects changing global risks and illicit financial flows to the practical questions facing financial institutions, compliance teams, corporate leaders, and policymakers.
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What organizers say
“Alison has that rare gift: she makes complex economics feel totally accessible and keeps her audience hooked from start to finish. If you’re ever looking for a speaker who can make cybercrime both eye-opening and engaging, you’ll definitely want to connect with her, she was fantastic!”
— Yale
“Your session on How Cybercrime is Monetized added tremendous value to our [Cyber Security Awareness Week] programming, and we’re grateful for your time and expertise.”
— Major Health Insurance Company
“I was so moved by your presentation and could not stop thinking about it. It is so important to get this information out there.”
— National Association of State Credit Union Supervisors
“Thank you so much, Alison! The reception to your presentation was fantastic. Incredibly valuable!”
— Major National Bank