Paul Bourdon - From fraudster to Hero

Camelia Gardot is a business-oriented lawyer, with two decades of experience in advising international clients/companies for large projects, strategic partnerships, M&A and Ethics and Compliance matters. Currently working at Airbus Defense & Space, she is skilled in supporting complex contract negotiations, coordinating expert teams and interacting with management stakeholders.  ⚡️ Just to give you a quick teaser, we talk about:   📌 Her very diverse and stimulating missions at Airbus Defense & Space 🚀 📌 Key take-aways from her past as an M&A consultant   📌 How her lawyer's skills help with her role in compliance ⚖️ 📌 The work she did in the US 📖 If you are interested, you can check one of her articles written for the International In-House Counsel Journal [IICJ] here! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Nevo Lapidot is a Tel Aviv-based startup founder with an eclectic background as a lawyer, AML specialist & crypto regulation expert. In early 2022, he created FRNZX (forensics), a regtech startup that helps financial institutions maintain AML regulatory compliance in the crypto minefield. ⚡️ Just to give you a quick teaser, we talk about:   📌 The beginning of his career as a regulation consultant in the crypto industry 📌 His thoughts on the bear market 🐻   📌 How he helps investors justify the origin of their crypto related funds with banks 📌 Dishonest ICO organizers who made millions  📌 His vision for the future of crypto 🚀 📖 If you are interested, you can check his company website here ! Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 2/2 Xavier André Justo is a former banker and the whistleblower for the 1MDB scandal or one of the biggest embezzlement cases of all time! 📣 His testimony revealed massive kleptocracy by the then-Malaysian Prime Minister and sent shockwaves through the international financial industry. After spending a year and a half in a Bangkok 🇹🇭 prison on false charges, he now unveils his side of the story!  ⚡️ Just to give you a quick teaser, in this second episode, we talk about:   📌 His arrestation and forced confessions in Thailand 📌 The PetroSaudi case in Switzerland 🇨🇭   📌 How whistleblowers are treated 📌 What happened to the money 💸 📖 If you want learn even more on Xavier’s story and the scandal itself, I recommend you to read his book available here : rendezvouswithinjustice.com Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Episode 1/2 Xavier André Justo is a former banker and the whistleblower for the 1MDB scandal or one of the biggest embezzlement cases of all time! 📣 His testimony revealed massive kleptocracy by the then-Malaysian Prime Minister and sent shockwaves through the international financial industry. After spending a year and a half in a Bangkok 🇹🇭 prison on false charges, he now unveils his side of the story!  ⚡️ Just to give you a quick teaser, we talk about:   📌 The crazy stories at PetroSaudi, the company involved in the scandal 📌 How Xavier analyzed the data from the company to find clues 🔍   📌 the fake assets PetroSaudi invented to receive money from the 1MDB   📌 his first contacts with a journalist investigating corruption in Malaysia 🇲🇾 To be continued in the next episode! 📖 If you want learn even more on Xavier’s story and the scandal itself, I recommend you to read his book available here : rendezvouswithinjustice.comHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Solandia Jurdi, the compliance globetrotter. 🌍 She started working in 2018 and already gained experience in various companies based in the UK, Lebanon and Dubai. Recently, she decided to leverage her expertise in licensing for fintechs and digital asset businesses, and created her own consulting firm. Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Kayleigh Smale is a fellow AML expert and also a must-follow content creator on LinkedIn! ✍️ She started her a career in a law firm ⚖️, Simmons & Simmons, where she learned the job of an AML & Conflicts analyst for a little bit less than 6 years. Then, she decided it was time for a change and became an Associate at Teal Compliance, a consulting firm providing a very wide range of services for law firms! 👌   ⚡️ Just to give you a quick teaser:   📌 We talk about her career as an analyst before becoming a consultant 📌 She explains how she decided to specialize in compliance when she was a law student 👩‍⚖️   📌 We get to know her tips to write good AML articles 🖋️   📌 She even shares with us one of her craziest story (spoiler: it involves London gangsters! 😱)Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

Thomas Ball is our first German 🇩🇪 guest and the former Head of AFC (Anti Financial Crime) & MLRO of N26 who recently started his own AML consulting firm, BerFin Advisory. 💪   ⚡️ Just to give you a quick teaser:   📌 We talk about what motivated him to quit a great job in order to pursue his entrepreneurial dreams 🚀 📌 We learn his tips to become the manager of a team of 150+ people in one of the hottest European fintechs before even turning 30 🔥   📌 We discuss the pros and cons of mountain bikes and Ferraris (you will have to listen to it to understand 😉)    📌 We even get to know his funniest memory from his time at N26!Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

🎙 Welcome to the opening of The Laundromat, the podcast dedicated to compliance professionals 🎙   In each episode, we will welcome a different guest and discover his background, missions, craziest stories and much more! 🔍   For the first one, we receive Paul Bourdon, one of my dearest friends, but also a self-taught repentant expert fraudster who became over the years a reference in the fight against fraud. 🛡   He’s currently lead product at Hero, a booming B2B BNPL start-up that raised 8 millions euros just 6 months ago and already onboarded more than 200 merchants! 🚀    In this interview with no filter, you will get to know:   📌 How Paul got a well paying job at 20 with only 1 year of 42 (coding school) 💸   📌 His early fraudster days with Amazon, Paypal, fake bills,... scams   📌 What makes a good fraudster and the worst one he ever caught (spoiler : the poor guy cried.. 😢)   📌 His take on the perfect fraud at the moment 🤫 Hosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.