Walid Raad is a Partner in EY’s New York office within the Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services practice. He has over 12 years of experience assisting our clients with assurance and advisory services.
Walid specializes in matters pertaining to regulatory and internal investigations, particularly within the financial services industry. Walid has extensive and global experience leading investigations and look-backs within the Banking & Capital Markets and Asset Management sectors.
Walid has extensive and global experience in anti-money laundering; OFAC/Sanctions; corruption; mortgage underwriting and foreclosure file reviews; fraud analysis and related investigations.
Walid has been a leader of numerous regulatory-driven look-back reviews requiring a risk-focused analysis, determination of scope and duration of the review period and frequent regulatory communication and coordination.
Walid has a Bachelor of Business Administration, Magna Cum Laude in Finance and Investment from Baruch College, City University of New York. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Certified Fraud Examiner and Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist. Walid is fluent in Arabic, French and English.
Last year, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) updated their Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) form to allow for far more detail to be provided. The SAR is an integral part of an investigation of alleged financial crimes, and with the expanded form, law enforcement is able to get a clearer picture of the incident or incidents in question.
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