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Molly Moeser is the Acting Chief of the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section (MLARS) of the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division. Molly previously served as the Principal Deputy Chief of the Section and the Deputy Chief of the Bank Integrity Unit (BIU). As BIU Chief, she oversaw investigations and prosecutions of financial institutions and related individuals and entities for any criminal violations, including violations of the money laundering laws, U.S. economic sanctions, and the Bank Secrecy Act. Molly has prosecuted financial institutions, including banks and money services businesses, and individuals for criminal violations including Bank Secrecy Act, money laundering, wire fraud, and sanctions violations.

Before joining DOJ, Molly worked at a private law firm in Los Angeles, representing clients in all phases of civil litigation from internal investigations to trial. Before law school, Molly worked for U.S. Senator Carl Levin from Michigan. Molly graduated from the University of Michigan Law School, cum laude, and Swarthmore College.

Maria Dinzeo is a reporter at ALM Global.

Rebecca Unruh is the Acting Deputy Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal Trade Commission. Rebecca received her JD from the NYU School of Law.

Melissa R. Hodgman is an Associate Director in the Division of Enforcement at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. She joined the Commission in 2008, became Senior Counsel in 2009, joined the newly formed Market Abuse Unit in 2010, was promoted to Assistant Director in 2012, and to Associate Director in 2016. Melissa served as the Acting Director in 2021. She was an Associate at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy. She obtained a BSFS in 1990, a JD Magna cum Laude in 1994, and an LLM in Securities with Distinction in 2007 from Georgetown University.

Andrea Griswold is a Partner in the White-Collar Defense and Investigations Practice at Skadden. Prior to joining Skadden in 2024, Ms. Griswold most recently served as the Deputy United States Attorney and the Chief Counsel to the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York. In these capacities, Ms. Griswold was the principal advisor to the U.S. Attorney and oversaw all prosecutions and litigation across the office. As the deputy U.S. attorney, Ms. Griswold was also responsible for the day-to-day operations of the office, including oversight of more than 400 lawyers and other personnel, and worked closely with leadership across all sections of the Department of Justice. Previously, from 2020-22, Ms. Griswold was Chief of the Southern District's Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force, supervising the prosecution of a series of significant individual and corporate prosecutions, many focusing on fraud involving private funds, cryptocurrency, digital assets and SPACs.

Prior to serving in leadership at SDNY, Mis. Griswold investigated and tried to verdict a series of complicated securities fraud matters, including a series of investigations alleging misconduct in the hedge fund and private equity industries.

Ms. Griswold previously worked for five years as an associate at another international law firm. She holds degrees from Georgetown University and New York University School of Law.