Utica College professor Suzanne Lynch has been recognized by ForensicColleges.com as one of the country’s leading experts on money laundering.
Lynch is a professor of practice in economic crime at Utica College and is a longtime expert in payment fraud and anti-money laundering strategies, according to Utica College officials. She was one of three professors from across the country featured in an October article at wwwforensiccolleges.com entitled “What is money laundering?”
College officials said Lynch received her bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Wayne State University, and her master’s degree in economic crime management from Utica College. She worked in security and risk management for MasterCard, where she gained both national and international experience in how financial payments are used to fund and commit crimes around the world. She also worked as a fraud investigator for the bank’s credit card department. After the terrorist attack of Sept. 11, 2001, officials said Lynch turned her focus to how credit card fraud and electronic payments are used to finance terrorism. Lynch said the greatest threat to the financial industry is cyber-attacks on the banking systems.
Utica College was also hailed in the article for its executive master of science in financial crime and compliance management, the only graduate program of its kind in the country. Utica College was also praised for being the first ever to partner with the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, according to the article.