Maha Al-Saadi

Maha Al-Saadi, with 18 years of expertise in regulated financial services, compliance, and regulatory affairs, currently leads as the Head of Regulatory Affairs at Qatar Financial Centre Authority. Her career includes pivotal roles at Qatar Financial Centre Regulatory Authority, Deutsche Börse, Trade Republic Bank GmbH, and Bankhaus Scheich.Maha has played an important role to integrating emerging technologies in finance by working on the adoption of the MiCAR, and the German Electronic Securities Act, and formulating strategies for blockchain, DLT, digital assets, and decentralized finance. These initiatives have synchronized innovation with stringent regulatory standards, improving market efficiency and promoting inclusion.Recognized as a thought leader, Maha frequently collaborates with global policymakers and industry stakeholders. She holds an LLM in Finance Law from Goethe University’s Institute of Law and Finance and is a Certified Blockchain Expert from the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management. Her work continues to merge traditional financial services with modern innovations within a transparent and accountable regulatory framework.

Hinna Awan

Hinna is a Vice President in the Markets Digital Assets team at J.P. Morgan. Having joined the team in April 2021, she has worked on exploring and developing capabilities to drive the evolution of Digital Assets using Blockchain Technology to support clients needs. Hinna has worked on a variety of products across asset classes, including repo, credit and most recently FX. Prior to this role, Hinna worked on the FX product in Securities Services, also at JP Morgan.

Cristina Carata

With a background in computing and law, Cristina is a researcher in the WEB3 field and a PhD candidate at Imperial College London, one of the world’s top 10 universities. Both her professional path and academic journey at the Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering explore an exciting interdisciplinary subject: bridging law and blockchain to create better crypto-assets regulation & supervision and a new model of blockchain-powered e-government

Mico Curatolo, DLT & Digital Assets – Innovation | Banca Sella

A strategic leader at the intersection of technology, finance, and innovation, I bring over a decade of experience driving transformative initiatives across corporates, consulting firms, startups, and non-profits. As Head of the DLT & Digital Assets Competence Center at Banca Sella, I lead a team of professionals in shaping and executing strategies that leverage Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) and Digital Assets. Our work spans institutional custody, e-money token issuance and asset tokenization, impacting all the companies within the Sella Group. Previously, I led financial technology transformation programs and open innovation projects with global corporations, financial institutions, and fintech startups and scaleups.

Sebastian Cochinescu

Sebastian is a tech entrepreneur, an angel investor and the founder of Anima Felix. He has more than 25 years of business executive-level experience working with Apple, Hubert Burda Media and TailPath. In 2018 he received the Honour Emblem of the Romanian Army High Command. He also graduated the Executive Management Program – Blockchain Academy at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 2017.

Dylan Cuschieri Tonna joined the Malta Financial Services Authority (“MFSA”) in 2018, after a 3 year-stint with a local bank in Malta.He is a seasoned professional in financial crime compliance, currently occupying the position of a Senior Manager within the Financial Crime Compliance Function at the MFSA. Throughout his career, Dylan has been involved in a number of projects, assignments and investigations related to ML and TF.Dylan holds a Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Financial Services Management from MCAST University, where he graduated with First Class honours. He continued to specialise in financial services, becoming a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist and completing an International Diploma in Anti-Money Laundering and an International Diploma in Managing Sanctions Risk, both from the University of Manchester. He also possesses Crypto Currency Investigator accreditation from the Blockchain Intelligence Group.

Vincent Danjean, Head of Laboratory, Innovation Centre

Vincent started his INTERPOL career as the Information Security Manager back in 2003. In 2016 he decided to move to his current position as Head of the Cyberspace and New Technologies Laboratory within the INTERPOL Innovation Centre. The Centre helps Law Enforcements in INTERPOL’s 196 Member Countries grasp what emerging technologies can do for them, how criminals are abusing these technologies and how to exploit the data within for evidential purposes.The Lab currently focuses on advanced blockchain technologies, Privacy Enhancing Technologies, Quantum Technologies, Immersive Technologies and Fabrication. Other labs in the Innovation Centre are also looking at Unmanned and Autonomous Systems, Artificial Intelligence and several other relevant technologies. Organizing many events, webinars and recognized publications and guidelines, the lab participates in international harmonization efforts, especially in the fight against criminal abuse of blockchains. Vincent holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Satellite communications) from Queen Mary and Westfield College.

Dr. Eng. Tommaso Diddi

Dr. Eng. Tommaso Diddi is an Information Engineer specializing in telecommunications. After gaining experience in electronics and devices within the audio industry, he currently serves as a Software Developer at Hermes Bay, an Italian company specializing in security, risk analysis and management, cybersecurity, information security, privacy, and intelligence. In this role, Tommaso actively contributes to research and analysis in the cybersecurity field, participating in European projects such as SUNRISE and supporting companies in developing a security culture. Additionally, he collaborates as an author for Cyber Security 360 and other online newspapers, providing in-depth analyses on cyber threats, data networks, and the illicit uses of artificial intelligence. His multidisciplinary background highlights his commitment to advancing technology and security in the digital age.

Maksym Dragunov

Maksym is Director for Policy and Advisory at Crystal Intelligence, where he leads strategic engagement with governments, regulators, and law enforcement to strengthen global efforts against crypto-related financial crime. Drawing on his background in international security and blockchain investigations, he supports Crystal’s mission by building institutional partnerships and delivering capacity-building programs across Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Alexandru Donciu, Specialist, Financial Investigations (Virtual Assets), Basel Institute on Governance

Before joining the training team of the Basel Institute’s International Centre for Asset Recovery in March 2025, Alexandru Donciu served as Head of Analysis at the Financial Intelligence Unit in Mauritius, leading investigations and the development of improved legal frameworks. With over a decade of experience in financial crime, cybercrime and virtual asset investigations, he has worked with international organisations including the UNODC and OSCE.

Thomas Droll

Thomas Droll is Head of Section in Deutsche Bundesbank’s DG Financial Stability and responsible for policy questions as regards Non-Bank Financial Intermediation, Fintech, BigTech, Crypto-Asset Markets and Tokenisation. Since joining the Bundesbank in 2006 he has worked on a wide range of financial stability topics and was involved in negotiations on many European and national regulatory dossiers. He represents Deutsche Bundesbank in international and European working groups.

Nico Di Gabriele

Nico, currently senior team lead at European Central Bank within the Supervisory Policy Division, has a 26-year professional experience in the banking sector gained at both commercial banks and supervisory authorities at national and European level. He has been dealing with compliance and internal governance matters for most of his career with assignments spanning from policy drafting to off/on-site supervision as well as internal audit. He has been working on the crypto-asset subject matter since years and contributed to policy development and analysis at both European Union and international level. He delivers training on digital finance, AML/CFT and crypto-asset areas within the EU and as part of international cooperation initiatives. Nico holds a master’s degree in business administration and is a certified crypto-asset anti-financial crime specialist.

Peter Engering, CEO Compliance Champs – crypto subject matter expert

Peter is the co-founder and CEO of Compliance Champs. He has extensive experience with financial economic crime in the financial services industry both from a content perspective, program management: leading large (remediation) projects and as the Head of AML/KYC departments. As part of one of his engagements he was the chairman of the Crypto board at a tier-1 bank and introduced the first crypto policy in the Netherlands that also received media coverage. In addition, he has also worked on incorporating TM-rules for crypto related transactions. He has also made a certified training program regarding cryptocurrency financial crimes (Certified Compliance Professional in Cryptocurrency Financial Crimes (CCPC™)). Peter both worked and lived in many countries which has given him the opportunity to see the differences in approaches to tackling money laundering, evading sanctions and terrorist financing.

Oleksii Geiko, Senior Detective, National Anticorruption Bureau of Ukraine

Oleksii Geiko has nearly two decades of experience in the field of criminal justice, carrying out criminal investigations into corruption, financial crimes, fraud, abuse of authority, money laundering, tax crimes and more. He worked as a senior investigator on complex large-scale cases in Ukraine’s tax enforcement authority before being selected as one of the first detectives in the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine.

Alexandru Georgescu

Alexandru Georgescu is a Scientific Researcher (R3) in the Department of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructures of the National Institute for Research and Development in Informatics ICI Bucharest. He has 12 years of experience in critical infrastructure protection and resilience issues with projects at national and Europeans levels. An important research focus for him is the impact of blockchain adoption on the security and resilience of critical infrastructures, operating entities and complex system governance. His background in Economics and risk engineering for critical infrastructures gives him a unique perspective on the applications of blockchain within complex systems.

Dr Paul Gilmour is Senior Lecturer in Economic Crime, course leader of the MSc Economic Crime (campus) degree, and lead of the Economic Crime Research Group at the University of Portsmouth.Prior to this, he served for nearly 20 years in the UK police service, most recently, as a detective specialising in criminal investigations. He serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Financial Crime and Journal of Money Laundering Control. His research focuses on corporate transparency, issues of financial secrecy, offshore jurisdictions, freeports, and beneficial ownership. He is intrigued with understanding the characteristics of offshore jurisdictions, the methods used to conceal beneficial ownership, and how governments and regulatory bodies attempt to control illicit offshore activities and markets. He also researches the role of blockchain technology in registers of beneficial ownership.

Monica Guy, Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations, Basel Institute on Governance

Monica Guy is responsible for communications, publications and external relations across the Basel Institute’s global teams. For the last five years at the Institute, she has been heavily involved in organising the popular joint annual Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets with Europol and Interpol/UNODC, as well as in related initiatives around crypto training and research.

Bernhard Haslhofer co-leads the Digital Currency Ecosystems research group at the Complexity Science Hub Vienna.Previously, he served as a thematic coordinator in the Data Science & Artificial Intelligence research group at the Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT), a Marie Curie Fellow at Cornell Information Science, and an assistant professor at the University of Vienna.He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Vienna and an M.S. in Economics and Computer Science from the Technical University of Vienna. His research focuses on developing and applying computational methods to analyze the socio-economic aspects of cryptoasset and decentralized finance ecosystems. He also contributes to digital crime and forensics research, investigating the modus operandi of emerging cybercrime phenomena, and has recently begun mapping and analyzing the structure and dynamics of large-scale disinformation campaigns. As a multidisciplinary collaborator, he has authored over 70 scientific articles, contributed to international standardization efforts, and led numerous basic and applied research projects.

Dr. Sundri Khalsa

Dr. Sundri Khalsa is an expert military intelligence professional, U.S. Marine Corps veteran, Harvard University alumni, book author, former professor at the United States Naval Academy and National Intelligence University, and currently the CEO, founder, and inventor of PaperBallotchain.

Marina Khaustova

With a 12-year background in building global SAAS businesses, Marina transitioned to Chief Operating Officer in February 2024 after serving as CEO of Crystal for more than five years. Now, as COO, Marina continues to drive Crystal’s global growth, leveraging her deep industry knowledge and experience to steer the company towards continued success in the dynamic and evolving landscape of cryptocurrency compliance and investigation software.

Heinz Konzett

Heinz Konzett, MBA, is an experienced legal and compliance professional currently serving as Senior Legal Expert at the Government Office for Financial Market Innovation in Liechtenstein. With a distinguished career spanning regulatory authorities and private banking, he previously held executive positions at Sora Bank, Neue Bank AG, and the Liechtenstein Financial Market Authority (FMA). Heinz holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance Management and a law degree from the University of Innsbruck. Known for his expertise in financial regulation, digital agendas and AML, he combines legal precision with strategic insight. He is fluent in English and has a keen interest in sports, music and literature.

Severin Kranz, Head of Business Development, 21X

Severin is Head of Business Development at 21X and thought leader in tokenized capital markets. As one of the first employees of 21X, he has played a key role in the company’s growth and success, given his vast experience in financial services and management consulting. Severin holds an M.A. in Business Innovation from the University of St. Gallen and an M.Sc. in Blockchain from the University of Nicosia and is active in the German blockchain community since 2016 as an educator, event host, and entrepreneur.

Tamar Latsabidze

Ms. Tamara Latsabidze, MBA is a Chief Specialist for Money Laundering Inspection and Supervision of Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) at the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) (Georgia). Tamara is also Co-Chair of the Interoperability of Blockchain Analytics Tools workstream under Global Coalition to Fight Financial Crime – Digital Asset Task Force Tamar is also Virtual Assets Expert for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) She is also alumna for the Cambridge Digital Assets for Regulators Online programme (March 2023)About two years ago, Ms. Tamara Latsabidze transitioned from a decade at HSBC London to contribute to the development of Georgia’s regulatory and supervisory framework for digital assets. At the National Bank of Georgia, she has played a key role in advancing VASP supervision, enhancing AML/CFT measures, and supporting the country’s achievement of ‘Largely Compliant’ status with FATF Recommendation 15. By joining public sector, Ms. Latsabidze was keen of designing and shaping regulatory and supervisory framework of Georgia for the dynamic and rapidly evolving landscape of Digital Asset Ecosystem. Before joining the National Bank of Georgia (NBG) circa two years ago, Ms. Latsabidze served as Head of Quality Assurance of Europe at HSBC (London, UK), the leading International Financial Institution. Being an Independent Internal Control Assurance provider for ten years, she was building and executing independent Assurance programmes, designing internal control frameworks, delivering Global strategic projects including offshoring on behalf of European Region, understanding risk and control landscape, leading and developing team. At the National Bank of Georgia, Tamara has been key contributor for the Virtual Asset service Providers (VASPs) Registration/licensing Requirements from AML/CFT perspective, Designing VASPs Risk Based Supervision Tool, Drafting guidelines such as Red Flag Typologies and preparation for the FATF Recommendation 15 Compliance. As a result of this work, End of 2024 Georgia has moved to Largely Compliance for FATF R15.

Dr Joseph Lee is a Reader in Corporate and Financial law at the University of Manchester School of Law.He is the founding programme director of the Manchester Online LLM in International Commercial and Technology Law. He is the author of Crypto-Finance, Law and Regulation: Governing an Emerging Ecosystem (2021) and the editor of several influential books including Web3 Governance: Law and Policy (2025); A Research Agenda for Financial Law and Regulation (2025); and Data Governance in AI, FinTech and LegalTech: Law and Regulation in the Financial Sector (2022). He is the Research Director for Digital Technology, Crime and the Law at the Centre for Digital Trust and Society at the University of Manchester. Dr Lee leads cutting-edge research on the intersection of commercial law and emerging technologies. He has been the principal investigator of research projects funded by the UKRI, the British Academy and the British Council. He has held visiting positions at prestigious institutions including at Bocconi University, KU Leuven, Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Liège, National Taiwan University and Tokyo University. He serves on the advisory board of the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence AI-2-TRACE-CRIME, at Neapolis University Pafos. He is also an attorney-at-law of New York State. He acts as a consultant on legal, regulatory and strategic issues related to DeFi, digital and crypto-assets, DAOs, Metaverse, Web3, emerging technologies including DLT and Quantum, exchange and trading platforms, legal-tech and online dispute resolutions platforms.Dr Lee acts as arbitrator in disputes relating to financial services, crypto-assets and fintech.

Daniël Leon, Cryptocurrency Specialist, Europol

Daniël Leon works as a Cryptocurrency Specialist in the Digital Support Unit of Europol’s Cybercrime Centre, providing horizontal support on criminal use of cryptocurrencies across many different crime areas. With a background in IT and financial investigations, he served in the Financial Economic Crime centre and National High Tech Crime Unit of the Dutch National Police before joining Europol in 2020.

Brigadier General Antonio Mancazzo, Commander, Privacy Protection and Technological Fraud Unit, Guardia di Finanza

General Antonio Mancazzo joined the Guardia di Finanza in 1990 and, since 2023, is the Commander of its Privacy Protection and Technological Fraud Special Unit. During his career, he has held multiple operational positions across Italy as well as on the General Staff at the General Command of the Corps, where he was mainly in charge of cooperation and international relations. Among his qualifications, General Mancazzo is a graduate in law, economic/financial security science and political science and holds a master’s degree in corporate tax law.

Andrea Minto

Andrea Minto is the Jean Monnet Professor in Law and Regulation of Financial Markets at Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, where he holds the Chair in Digitalisation in EU Financial Studies (EUDIFIN). He is also Professor of Law at the University of Stavanger – Business School (Universitetet i Stavanger – UiS), in Norway. Andrea works as Of Counsel at Annunziata&Conso Law Firm in Milan and assists and advises clients on regulatory matters concerning banking and financial services. Andrea cooperates in his capacity as consultant with many financial supervisors, international organisations and policy makers worldwide in the area of FinTech and crypto assets policy and regulation (e.g. Deutsche Bundesbank, DeNederlandscheBank, Bank of Italy, Norges Bank, Oesterreichische Nationalbank (OeNB), European Banking Authority, Bank for International Settlements, International Anti-Corruption Academy (IACA)).

Marian Müller, Head of Education, Caudena

With over a decade of experience in Anti-Financial Crime and Virtual Assets, Marian Müller’s specialty is in building in-depth training courses covering investigative techniques for evolving crypto crime typologies. He has worked for and advised all manner of private and public sector entities, and currently serves as Head of Education at Caudena, where he is focussed on establishing their Academy for advanced blockchain investigators.

Javier Paz has been at Forbes for now 4 years as Director of Data and Analytics.In this role, Javier has published research on illicit use of crypto by major exchanges and select crypto billionaires. Mr. Paz is an authority on crypto exchange evaluation and his decade of involvement in crypto breaks down the complexities of digital assets derivatives, crypto ETFs, and cybercrime for a sophisticated audience. Prior to Forbes, Mr. Paz was a Wall Street senior analyst for Credit Suisse and BankBoston, and for the Boston-based Datos Insight. Besides crypto, his areas of expertise in traditional finance for the past 25 years include wealth management, retail brokerage, and over-the-counter derivatives systemic risk.

Jonathan Reiter, CEO & Chief Data Scientist

Jonathan has over two decades’ of experience as an options and derivatives trader with some of the world’s largest and most prestigious financial institutions, including Barclays, Morgan Stanley, Lehman Brothers and Nomura, where he was formerly an Executive Director in FX Options Trading. He applies traditional finance and technology tools to new problems and is best known in the blockchain industry for having discovered flaws in the Binance Beacon Chain, and Binance’s $1.4bn BUSD stablecoin undercollateralization. He writes regularly for major academic journals, and has produced many peer-reviewed pieces of research on computer science and blockchain technology. Jonathan is a co-founder of ChainArgos, a leading blockchain intelligence firm that is well-respected for having uncovered billions of dollars worth of fraud and illicit fund flows, tracking and tracing terrorist financing using crypto-assets and stablecoins, and building versatile tools for trading, regulatory, and compliance professionals. He holds Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees in Computer Science from Brown University.

Stanoje Rnić, CEO @ Archibald Intelligence

Stanoje is an expert in digital crimes crime investigations. Throughout his career, he has primarily focused on darknet investigations, blockchain analytics, malware analysis, and ransomware investigations. He is the founder of the Digital Forensics Conference (DFC), a leading European conference in the field of combating cybercrime, which brings together top global experts in the industry. As CEO and Head of Investigations at Archibald Intelligence, he leads cases involving hacking, crypto scams, darknet activity, online harassment, public threats, and pedophilia. Through the Archibald Initiative, he founded the DFC and drives nonprofit efforts to unite public and private sectors and raise public awareness in the fight against cybercrime. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Science from the University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies in Belgrade, which was founded by the Government of the Republic of Serbia, Ministry of the Interior. He was awarded a scholarship by the U.S. State Department as one of the most prominent young European leaders in the field of innovation.

Yehuda Shaffer, Consultant

Yehuda is today an independent consultant after retiring in 2018 from 30 years of service in the Israeli government pursuing a legal career specializing in financial crime, combined with extensive international experience in applying of the FATF standards. He was the founder and head of the Israeli FIU (Financial Intelligence Unit) and served as the deputy state attorney (financial crime) in the Israeli prosecution service. Yehuda has participated in several AML/CFT mutual evaluations, and has provided assistance to several jurisdictions worldwide, on various FATF related operational and legal issues, on preventative measures including with regard to crypto currencies, conducting national risk assessments, application of sanctions and training of FIU analysts investigators prosecutors and judges.

Dr. Dhirendra Shukla, CEO Gray Wolf Analytics, Professor, University of New Brunswick

Dr. Dhirendra Shukla has been the Dr. J. Herbert Smith ACOA Chair at the University of New Brunswick (Canada), since September 2009. He worked for several years in the Telecom Sector for Nortel Networks (Canada) in various roles and prior to joining Nortel Networks he worked for Croda International (UK). His current research interests are in Blockchain, Venture Capital, Syndication, Entrepreneurship, and Governance. He Co-Founded Gray Wolf Analytics Inc. that is focused on helping companies prevent crypto fraud and scams. Recognition of his tireless efforts and vision are demonstrated through UNB’s 2014 award from Startup Canada as “Most Entrepreneurial Post-Secondary Institution of the Year”, his nomination as a finalist for Industry Champion by KIRA, and his nomination as a finalist for Progress Media’s Innovation in Practice award. Dhirendra was nominated for the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award and selected by a panel of judges as a Top 75 finalist. Most recently, he received the Entrepreneur Promotion Award by Startup Canada (2017), as well as the Outstanding Educator Award by the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of New Brunswick in 2018. Dhirendra currently serves on the Advisory Bord Member of the Lemann Program on Creativity and Entrepreneurship at Harvard University and is also on the board of Specialisterne (an organization helping employers to build neurodiverse teams).

Bernard Siman is Senior Associate Fellow in the Europe in the World Programme at Egmont- The Royal Institute for International Relations in Belgium. Egmont is the Think Tank associated with the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.He is also Head of Cyber Diplomacy and Starecraft at the Brussels Diplomatic Academy of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB and focuses on Financual Security. In addition, he lectures regularly at the Belgian Royal Military Academy and at the European Security and Defence College. His regional interest centres around the Middle East, Mediterranean and Black Sea affairs.He worked in addition to Belgium, in the U.K., Japan, Turkey and the Middle East. He has published extensively and is a regular speaker at relevant meetings.After finishing his undergraduate studies in Belgium, he obtained, among others, an MPhil in Government from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and a Graduate Diploma from Kyoto University (Japan). He was honoured by HM the Late Queen Elizabeth with the Order of the British Empire, and by HM King Filip of Belgium as a Knight in the Order of Leopold.

Diana Stetiu, Founder and Web3 Attorney-at-Law

Diana Stetiu is a seasoned Web3 and fintech lawyer, recognized both in Romania and internationally for her deep expertise in blockchain, Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR), MiFID, and financial regulations. A graduate of the University of Bucharest and Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, she combines a strong academic foundation with over 13 years of hands-on lawyering experience.

Patrick Tan, General Counsel and Director, ChainArgos and Co-Founder, Blockchain Intelligence Academy 

Patrick is the General Counsel and Director at ChainArgos, the blockchain intelligence firm most famous for uncovering crypto exchange Binance’s $1.4 billion undercollateralization of its BUSD stablecoin product. ChainArgos has played a key role in shedding light on many of the crypto asset industry’s most egregious crimes, including tracking crypto asset flows used to fund terrorism, the illicit drug trade, and facilitating sanctions evasion. A qualified lawyer, Patrick was formerly a crypto asset fund manager, and a commercial airline pilot.

Nate Tuganov

Nate has worked in cryptocurrency since 2011, building deep expertise in blockchain investigations. As the technical founder of Caudena, he is responsible for building a suite of advanced blockchain forensics and analytics tools that meet the needs of law enforcement investigators in tackling crypto-related threats.

Major Francesco Venditti, Commander of the 2nd Section of the 1st Group, Privacy Protection and Technological Fraud Unit, Guardia di Finanza

Major Francesco Venditti joined the Guardia di Finanza in 2009 and has held multiple operational positions as Commander of territorial units across Italy. He was appointed to his current position in the Privacy Protection and Technological Fraud Unit in 2021. Major Venditti is a graduate in law, economic/financial security science and economics.

Luke Wilson

Luke Wilson is a highly experienced law enforcement and intelligence professional with over 17 years of service across federal law enforcement, the Department of Defense, and the U.S. Intelligence Community. Luke began his career in the U.S. Air Force as a Special Agent with the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, where he specialized in counterterrorism and counterintelligence operations. He later spent over nine years with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), serving in both the Counterterrorism and Cyber Divisions. During his tenure in the FBI’s Cyber Division, Luke pioneered the first inter-agency task force dedicated to investigating the role of virtual currencies in nation-state cyber threats. His expertise in blockchain intelligence has helped shape U.S. government strategies on cybersecurity and financial crime, advising regulators and policymakers on emerging risks posed by foreign adversaries. He also played a key role in enhancing investigative collaboration across the U.S. Intelligence Community, ensuring a coordinated response to cyber and financial threats. With deep expertise in blockchain analytics, cybercrime investigations, and national security, Luke continues to contribute to the evolving landscape of digital asset intelligence.

Peter Whitton , Criminal Intelligence Analyst – INTERPOL Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre (IFCACC)

Peter is a Criminal Intelligence Analyst with INTERPOL Financial Crime and Anti-Corruption Centre. His portfolio includes supporting projects and operations which focus on cyber enabled financial crime and virtual assets and has supported numerous cases involving cryptocurrency investment scams, business email compromise and romance baiting. Before joining INTERPOL, Peter was an analyst for the Australian Army.

Karl Zettl is the CEO of Iknaio Cryptoasset Analytics, an open-source data analytics platform dedicated to tracing and tracking illicit crypto transactions.With a deep understanding of financial systems and a strong focus on compliance and transparency, Karl leads Iknaio in developing scalable tools for process automation and mass data analysis. His mission is to empower regulators, investigators, and financial institutions with the insights they need to navigate the complex world of digital assets.