Former NYDFS Regulator and FBI Cryptocurrency Expert Joins K2 Intelligence
Former New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) Regulator Dana Syracuse and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Crypto-Currency Expert Vincent D'Agostino will be joining the regulatory compliance team of K2 Intelligence, a leading compliance and cyber defense company. These two senior executives have served at the forefront of banking law, virtual currency and cybersecurity regulation, and criminal cryptocurrency investigations. Syracuse served as the former Associate General Counsel of NYDFS and was appointed as the Managing Director and a member of K2 Intelligence's....
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