Michael Volkov
Volkov Law Group
Articles
AML Risks and Foreign Correspondent Banking
USA - May 30 2016 With the Panama Papers scandal and government promises of continued aggressive AML enforcement, financial institutions face a variety of risks that...
Know Your Customer (“KYC”) due diligence best practices
USA - July 9 2015 Financial institutions have a lengthy list of Anti-Money Laundering compliance requirements. They face a mountain of risks from a large number of...
The Demise of Valeant Pharmaceuticals: A Case Study in Rotten Culture and Business Ethics
USA - April 3 2016 Showing my age again, Woody Allen’s Take the Money and Run included a hilarious scene when Woody’s parents wearing Groucho Marx glasses talk about...
Convergence of Audit and Compliance Functions
USA - June 28 2016 Humans have a tendency to make things more complicated than they really are. To capture the flavor of my sentiment, all you need to do is watch the...
When Lawyers Get in the Way of Compliance
USA - July 4 2016 I hate to pick on lawyers. I have been practicing law for nearly 35 years. I have worked with and met a lot of lawyers, some great, some good and...
