STEPHEN ADEWALE

I’m an AML/Compliance professional with 4+ years of progressive experience in financial crime investigations, transaction monitoring, and regulatory compliance across top-tier financial institutions. I specialize in BSA/AML, KYC/CDD/EDD, SAR filing, OFAC sanctions screening, and fraud detection.

In my current role at Morgan Stanley, I conduct due diligence, AML investigations, and risk assessment reviews on high-risk customers and transaction activity to ensure compliance with BSA/AML regulations and banking policies. I analyze suspicious activity, transaction patterns, and regulatory alerts using SAS, Oracle databases, SQL, and compliance monitoring systems—then manage investigation documentation and audit-ready case records.

Previously at Wells Fargo, I led objective, timely investigations into suspicious transactions and potential money laundering activity while supporting customer risk assessments and control improvements. I reviewed KYC/CDD/EDD documentation to identify money laundering, fraud, sanctions, and identity theft risks, met AML investigation productivity and quality assurance benchmarks, and used tools such as SAS AML, Verafin, Looker, LexisNexis, World-Check, and RDC to investigate complex cases like ATO, synthetic identity fraud, and elder financial exploitation.