AML Investigations & Enforcement Defense

Federal Investigations, Regulatory Examinations & Enforcement Proceedings

Friling Law represents businesses and individuals facing AML-related investigations, regulatory inquiries, subpoenas, examinations, and potential enforcement actions.

Early legal analysis can be particularly important where the same underlying transactions may raise issues involving AML, sanctions, fraud, money laundering, asset forfeiture, or cross-border financial activity.

Our representation may include:

• Internal AML investigations
• FinCEN investigations
• Federal regulatory inquiries
• DOJ-related financial crime matters
• Subpoena and document-request responses
• Transaction reconstruction
• Source-of-funds analysis
• Suspicious transaction reviews
• Parallel AML and OFAC investigations
• Remediation following compliance failures
• Enforcement defense
• Coordination with foreign counsel in cross-border investigations

We work with clients to identify the relevant transactions, establish the factual record, assess regulatory exposure, preserve privileges, and develop an appropriate response strategy.

AML & Financial Crime

Anti-Money Laundering, Financial Crime Compliance, Investigations & Enforcement

Friling Law advises U.S. and international businesses, financial institutions, fintech companies, payment providers, money services businesses, digital asset companies, investors, and individuals on U.S. anti-money laundering and financial crime laws.

Our practice combines AML/BSA compliance, FinCEN regulatory matters, KYC and beneficial ownership due diligence, financial investigations, cross-border payments, banking compliance, and OFAC sanctions. We assist clients in developing preventive compliance frameworks, responding to financial institutions and regulators, investigating potentially problematic transactions, remediating compliance deficiencies, and defending against regulatory and enforcement actions.

For international clients, we place particular emphasis on matters involving cross-border financial flows, U.S. dollar transactions, correspondent banking, high-risk jurisdictions, complex ownership structures, and the intersection between AML and U.S. economic sanctions.