Laura
Bucur
Associate Director
Laura Bucur applies forensic accounting and external audit expertise to manage regulatory compliance reviews and risk assessments, fraud investigations, and disputes. She specializes in anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, and the design and evaluation of financial and non-financial internal controls. She also provides accounting and financial analysis for disgorgement calculations in regulatory matters.
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Prior to joining FRA, Laura worked in the forensics team of Ernst & Young in London and Deloitte in Bucharest, gaining experience in sectors such as life sciences, public services, retail, media and financial services. Laura holds an LLB in Law and Criminology from the University of Manchester and a master’s degree in Human Rights and Democratization.
- Binance: Supporting the DOJ monitorship of a global digital asset exchange, assessing the company’s compliance with AML and US sanctions laws.
- ABB: Supported Swedish-Swiss multinational ABB in reviewing and enhancing its internal controls as part of remediation discussions with the DOJ.
- Airbus: Supported the multi-year, multinational investigation, resulting in a EUR 3.6b settlement with four investigative authorities: the UK SFO, the US DOJ and DOS, and the French PNF.
- Payment Services Company: Supported a review enforced by the Central Bank of Ireland of the company's internal control arrangements pertaining to financial crime, including anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing, sanctions screening, and transaction monitoring.
- Cryptocurrency Exchange: Currently supporting a multi-year US compliance monitorship of a global cryptocurrency exchange.
- Global Telecommunications Company: Conducted an assessment of the company's sanctions and export controls program to ensure compliance related to its cloud services agreement with a software provider.
- Chemicals Distributor: Supported a chemicals distributor with operations in 150+ countries with an internal investigation across multiple high-risk jurisdictions, as well as the design and implementation of a global sanctions and ABAC compliance program.
- Digital Marketing Company: Working alongside the General Counsel, helped support the drafting and roll-out of a complete suite of company-wide compliance policies.
Biography
Laura Bucur applies forensic accounting and external audit expertise to manage regulatory compliance reviews and risk assessments, fraud investigations, and disputes. She specializes in anti-bribery and corruption, anti-money laundering, sanctions, and the design and evaluation of financial and non-financial internal controls. She also provides accounting and financial analysis for disgorgement calculations in regulatory matters.
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