WorldCom whistle-blower and a 2002 Time Person of the Year Cynthia Cooper will deliver the keynote address at the first Bermuda Financial Crime & Compliance Seminar.yCompliance, KPMG in Bermuda and the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS) are presenting the inaugural Financial Crime & Compliance Seminar at the Fairmont Southampton resort on October 17.The seminar will be the first financial crime seminar in Bermuda since 2009, and more than 200 government officials and top financial decision-makers are expected to attend.Keynote addresses will be made by Ms Cooper, Craig Swan of the Bermuda Monetary Authority and other distinguished persons.“As one of the world’s most reputable offshore financial centres, Bermuda is home to many foreign companies who operate under the British Overseas Territory’s robust financial legislative framework,” a statement from yCompliance said.“The seminar is one of the key initiatives to position Bermuda at the forefront of action against money laundering and financial crimes.”Some of the topics that will be discussed include Cyber Crime, IMF Assessments and FATF Requirements, AML Compliance, as well as new Corruption and Anti-Bribery Initiatives.Confirmed speakers and panellists include: Cynthia Cooper — Time Magazine’s 2002 Person of the Year and one of the WorldCom fraud whistle-blowers. Cynthia is an internationally recognised speaker on ethics and leadership, and is the first woman to be inducted into the AICPA Hall of Fame and to receive the American Accounting Association’s Accounting Exemplar Award. Craig Swan — Managing Director of Supervision, Bermuda Monetary Authority. Larry Clinton — President, Internet Security Alliance (ISA). Ross Delston, CAMS — Attorney and Expert Witness on Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering issues, and consultant to the IMF. Karim Rajwani — VP and Chief AML Office, Global AML Compliance, Royal Bank of Canada. Raphael Simons, CFE — Manager Security and Fraud Risk, HSBC. Dr Kelly Richmond Pope, PhD, CPA — Associate Professor, DePaul University. Jarion Richardson, FICA, CAMS — Senior Compliance Manager, Appleby (Bermuda) Limited. Tina Laws, FICA, CAMS — Managing Director, Compliance Matters Bermuda Ltd. Charles Thresh — Managing Director, KPMG. Tom Galloway, CAMS — Deputy Director, Bermuda Monetary Authority.The seminar programme as well as the full profiles of the speakers and panellists can be retrieved at www.ycseminars.com.“If you ask any business executive what is it that keeps them up at night, rest assured compliance and risk management will be one of the key topics,” said Tina J Laws, President of the Association of Bermuda Compliance Officers. “So how do businesses guard against the perils of non compliance and out of control risk? Ensuring that their compliance and risk professionals are adequately trained and skilled for the job is essential. Adding more and more controls, policies, procedures, systems, and more staff cannot substitute for staff that are highly trained and behave ethically.”Mrs Laws added, “The Financial Crime and Compliance Seminar being hosted by yCompliance, brings an appropriate mix of technical topics, ethics, as well as real based scenarios. The speakers are an illustrious group and to be afforded access to them on Island is a very exciting opportunity. The Association of Bermuda Compliance Officers are proud to be a sponsor of this event and look forward to seeing many business professionals there”.Early-bird tickets are priced at BM$495 before August 31. More details about the seminar as well as registration and sponsorship information can be found on the yCompliance website or by e-mailing info@ycompliance.com.Bermuda company yCompliance is an online service provider involved in providing compliance training and solutions to its clients.