Michael Fasanello, JD

Director of Training & Regulatory Affairs

Michael Fasanello has a career spanning public and private sectors beginning with the United States Departments of Justice and the Treasury, US Department of Treasury and moving on to First National Bank, and PNC Bank. Michael served in various roles in the US Justice and Treasury Departments. During his work with FinCEN, he advised the Office of Regulatory Policy in developing and interpreting federal regulations under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). Before that, he handled Global Economic Sanctions and embargo cases for the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). At PNC, Michael was an Assistant Vice President and Manager of Anti-Money Laundering and Global Sanctions. With First National, he oversaw a complete overhaul of the bank’s Sanctions program, from policy development to screening and adjudication. Michael is an experienced compliance professional with over a decade of experience in the public and private sectors. He specializes in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF), global sanctions, and illicit finance matters, with a focus on the digital assets and blockchain intelligence space.