ACAMS Chapters June event in New York: Financial Crimes and Enforcement in Sports

Richard Weber is a partner and Chair of Financial Services Investigations and Enforcement Practice in the Litigation Practice Group in Haynes Boone’s New York office, where he brings an exceptional breadth of experience from the highest levels of federal, state and local government, as well as leadership roles in global financial institutions. Widely recognized as a national authority on financial crimes, Richard advises clients on complex enforcement, compliance and regulatory matters across banking, insurance, digital assets, cyber, tax and anti-money laundering (AML). Most recently, Richard was a partner at Winston & Strawn LLP.

Richard previously served as General Counsel of the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS), where he oversaw all legal and compliance functions for the agency regulating more than 3,000 financial institutions. In that role, he led major supervisory and enforcement initiatives involving AML, sanctions, cybersecurity, digital assets and financial fraud. He also held key leadership positions at DFS, including Chair of the Monitor Selection Committee, Chair of the Audit Committee and member of critical innovation-focused groups such as the Virtual Currency Licensing, Risk and Regulator of the Future committees.

Prior to his tenure at DFS, Richard held senior positions in financial crime prevention at two global banks. At UBS, he was Managing Director and Head of Financial Crime Prevention for the Americas, responsible for AML, BSA, sanctions compliance, fraud, FCPA and anti-corruption programs. At Deutsche Bank, he served as Managing Director and Americas Head of Anti-Financial Crime, where he oversaw legal and regulatory compliance programs, internal investigations and financial intelligence operations.

Richard is also the former Chief of the Criminal Investigation Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), where he led a global team of 3,700 agents and staff responsible for investigating tax evasion, money laundering, cybercrime, digital assets, terrorism financing and sanctions violations. Under his leadership, the IRS conducted several landmark investigations, including the FIFA corruption case, the Silk Road darknet marketplace and the historic Swiss Bank Program, which resulted in over $1.3 billion in penalties. Richard launched the IRS’s first dedicated cybercrime unit and modernized the agency’s investigative capabilities through cutting-edge data analytics and AI.

Earlier in his career, Richard served as:

• Chief of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section at the U.S. Department of Justice;
• Deputy Chief of the Investigations Division and Chief of the Major Economic Crimes Bureau at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office;
• Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chief of the Asset Forfeiture Unit, and Deputy Chief of the Civil Division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York.

In these roles, he directed numerous high-profile and multi-agency domestic and international investigations and prosecutions, including over 100 complex financial, tax and money laundering cases. He has worked extensively with regulatory and law enforcement agencies including the IRS, SEC, FinCEN, CFTC, DOJ, Federal Reserve, FDIC, OCC and international counterparts.

Richard also serves on the Bank Receivership Task Force and has been a thought leader in financial enforcement policy, regulatory modernization and digital assets oversight. Throughout his career, he has trained and advised prosecutors, regulators and law enforcement agencies around the world on best practices in financial crime enforcement and compliance.

Author, former Manhattan prosecutor, and founder of IntegrAssure, Jeff Schlanger has built a distinguished career at the forefront of risk, integrity, and law enforcement reform. His work includes prosecuting organized crime cases involving figures such as John Gotti and the Westies, leading oversight efforts following the LAPD Rampart scandal, and serving as the NYPD's first Deputy Commissioner for Risk Management.

Seth Farber is a partner in the White Collar and Investigations Practice Group at Haynes Boone's New York office. As a former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York, Seth focuses his practice on white collar criminal defense, corporate internal investigations, and related civil litigation. He also represents clients in SEC and CFTC enforcement investigations, matters before state attorneys general, securities litigation, civil RICO litigation, corporate governance litigation, and antitrust litigation.

Harry Chavis is the Special Agent in Charge of IRS Criminal Investigation’s (CI) New York Field Office located in New York, New York, covering New York State – from the 5 Boroughs and Long Island to the New York-Canadian border.  He was named to this position in August 2025, having previously served as the Acting Special Agent in Charge since December 2024. 

Mr. Chavis is responsible for planning, directing, and evaluating the activities of Criminal Investigation employees located throughout the state of New York.  The CI mission is to serve the American public by investigating potential criminal violations of the Internal Revenue Code and related financial crimes in a manner that fosters confidence in the tax system and compliance with the law.

He brings over 24 years of experience in law enforcement, where he worked and managed significant CI cases involving income tax evasion, employment tax and refund fraud, cybercrime, narcotics related financial crimes, terrorism financing, abusive tax schemes, Bank Secrecy Act, and money laundering violations. 

As Special Agent in Charge, Mr. Chavis leads CI Special Agents and professional staff throughout New York, IRS CI’s largest Field Office, to ensure delivery of CI’s critical mission through significant investigations and prosecutions of impactful tax and financial crimes in partnership with the U.S. Attorney’s Offices to generate the maximum deterrent effect while enhancing voluntary compliance and greater public confidence in the tax system.

Mr. Chavis began his IRS career in 2001 as a Special Agent in the Atlanta Field Office. He held management positions that included Senior Analyst, Financial Crimes in Washington, D.C., Supervisory Special Agent, IRS Commissioner’s Protection Unit in Washington, D.C.; Supervisory Special Agent in Staten Island, New York; Acting Director, Security and Technical Operations in Washington, D.C., Assistant Special Agent in Charge in Washington, D.C., Acting Director, Financial Crimes in Washington, D.C., Special Agent in Charge in Boston, MA.; and Acting Special Agent in Charge in New York, NY. 

Mr. Chavis is a native of Virginia and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree in Accounting from Radford University in Radford, VA.