Adam Chaves

Adam Chaves, CFCS, CAFCA, has a wide range of experience in financial crimes and anti-money laundering. Adam'smost recent role is as a Financial Crimes Unit Team Lead Officer at Rockland Trust, where they oversee the team responsible for investigating financial crimes. Prior to that, they worked as a Financial Crimes Investigator III at the same company.

Before joining Rockland Trust, Adam worked as an AML Fraud Analyst at DriveWealth, where they analyzed fraudulent activity. Adam also served as an Anti-Money Laundering Investigator and Evaluation and Response Investigator at Rockland Trust, where they specialized in identifying and responding to potential money laundering activity.

Adam also has experience at Santander Bank as an AML Representative and at Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. as a Flex Officer. In addition, they worked as a Senior Bank Teller at HarborOne Bank and as a Fraud Analyst at Dunkin' Brands, where they analyzed data to detect potential losses and investigated issues related to theft or operational/systemic issues.

Adam Chaves, CFCS, CAFCA received a Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice from Bridgewater State University in 2018. Adam has also obtained additional certifications, including the Certified Financial Crimes Specialist (CFCS) from the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS) in 2021 and the Certified AML FinTech Compliance Associate from ACAMS in 2022.