Bob has 26 years of experience as a police officer, serving in London and throughout the UK before early retirement. He was a detective for most of his service, investigating serious and complex crimes, including fraud, rape, murder, and robbery.
Following retirement from the police and before working in gambling, Bob worked as a private investigator, supporting corporate clients in employment and civil matters. During this time, he conducted internal investigations for clients, including the SIA.
He worked for 18 years in the online gambling industry on fraud investigations, as a money laundering reporting officer, and as an AML compliance officer for major operators in the UK and Asia.
Through Bob’s multi-faceted work experience, he has gained excellent interpersonal and interviewing skills, enabling him to elicit the best evidence and facts, as well as reading when someone may be evasive or untruthful. He provides discrete and confidential investigations.
Working with online businesses, Bob has gained extensive knowledge in anti-fraud investigation and prevention, as well as AML work. He is trained in AML law and regulations, keeping current with changes and the latest trends in all these fields. Bob conducts gap analysis on AML-CFT policy and processes, as well as AML risk assessments, identifying areas of concern, and can assist in drafting or updating those policies.
As a result of working with the many diverse IT and manual systems used for data management, Bob can review these types of systems to identify gaps, exploit points in the system’s processes, errors in or manipulations of data management, and frauds. His gap analysis reviews of IT and manual systems and processes improve efficiency, reduce risk, and ensure compliance with requirements.