John Arvanitis

John brings more than 35 years of experience in financial crimes and fraud compliance, helping global organizations address complex anti-money laundering, fraud, and regulatory challenges to develop and implement effective compliance and risk management programs.

Navigating the intricate challenges of financial crimes, like money laundering, terrorist financing, and sanctions evasion, requires innovative and transformational solutions that leverage the latest technology.”

John provides financial crimes and anti-money laundering (AML) expertise to global clients to help them mitigate fraud and formulate robust regulatory compliance programs, policies, and processes in areas such as international sanctions and “know your customer” (KYC) obligations. He has extensive foreign and domestic investigative experience, which he uses to provide valuable insight into compliance and enforcement activities.

Throughout his financial crimes compliance career, John has:

• Led teams in the analysis of transaction monitoring alerts and the investigation of suspicious activity for high-risk financial services customers.
• Developed and assessed AML policies and procedures, including determining legal entity beneficial ownership and conducting effective sanction screening to verify customers.
• Directed global criminal financial investigations for a federal agency, resulting in the disruption and dismantling of transnational organized crime syndicates’ money laundering and other illicit financial activities.

John previously served as senior managing director of financial crimes and fraud solutions at Treliant, which was acquired by Huron in 2025. Prior to Treliant, John oversaw the financial crimes consulting practice at Kroll. Previously, he held the role of chief of global financial investigations and was a distinguished senior executive at the Department of Justice/Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

John earned a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice from Northeastern University.