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Anti-Money Laundering, KYC, and Fraud Detection

Our KYC and Anti-Money Laundering experts provide comprehensive legal support to a variety of clients ranging from regulated financial institutions, fintechs, gaming companies, and cryptocurrency players on compliances with anti-money laundering laws. Given our expertise in the industry practices on KYC and AML, we are able to provide assistance on designing practices and putting in place the internal documentation for AML and KYC compliance in line with the applicable AML/KYC laws while ensuring that the data processing and retention practices are in line with data protection laws.

We regularly assist with national and cross-border anti-financial crime risk assessments, remediation and compliance with key local and international regulations.

Work Highlights

Assisted a leading identity verification platform with assessing whether internal processes for retrieval of customer data from DigiLocker are compliant with the applicable RBI regulations, Aadhaar Act, and applicable data laws.

Assisted India’s second-largest telecom operator with the launch of its gaming platform by conducting an analysis of its KYC obligations and record maintenance obligations under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).

Assisted various entities, including one of India’s largest digital lenders, on obtaining KYC User Agency as well as Authentication User Agency licences.

Represented India’s largest B2B payments and banking solutions provider in a multimillion-dollar enforcement action on the question of a payment gateway’s role in an online gambling racket, its compliance with the PMLA, and various KYC obligations.

Advised one of India's leading cryptocurrency exchanges on structuring KYC procedures for onboarding Indian customers on its crypto-exchange platform.

Assisted one of India’s most successful fintech unicorns with an end-to-end audit of its existing KYC processes and implemented revised processes to ensure the highest standards of compliance.

Assisted the digital business arm of one of India’s largest conglomerate in its partnership with a leading AI-based Anti-Money Laundering solutions provider to closely monitor transactions and detecting fraudulent activities etc.

Key Contacts

Matthew Chacko
Mathew
Chacko
Ankita Hari Ramani
Ankita
Hariramani
Soumitra Ponkshe
Soumitra
Ponkshe
Vishal Singh
Vishal
Singh
Kanakprabha Jethani
Kanakprabha
Jethani
Swastik Sharma
Swastik
Sharma
Parth Ved
Parth
Ved