Name
Kevin Newe
Job Title
Assistant Director – Illicit Finances Strategy Lead, Fraud Investigation Service
Company
His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
Speaker Bio
Kevin has more than 13 years’ experience in various illicit finance facing roles, including both operational and strategy positions. He has led financial teams delivering multi-million pound confiscations, cash forfeitures and developing HMRC’s award winning Offender Management Enforcement Team.
Kevin’s recent role is overseeing HMRC’s response to priority threats, such as tech-enabled money laundering, including the exploitation of cryptoassets and NFTs. He is also a FATF assessor, working on the UAE’s Mutual Evaluation Review, which was published in February 2020. He co-authored, alongside The Netherlands and Egmont, the December 2020 FATF report on new trends in trade-based money laundering.
Kevin’s recent role is overseeing HMRC’s response to priority threats, such as tech-enabled money laundering, including the exploitation of cryptoassets and NFTs. He is also a FATF assessor, working on the UAE’s Mutual Evaluation Review, which was published in February 2020. He co-authored, alongside The Netherlands and Egmont, the December 2020 FATF report on new trends in trade-based money laundering.