Dowling Advisory Group
About Us
| James F. Dowling, CFS President/Managing Director |
James Dowling is the founder and Managing Director of Dowling Advisory Group. He has more than 30 years experience in the areas of fraud, misconduct, anti-money laundering (AML) and risk management. His career includes extensive experience in federal law enforcement, "Big Four" accounting and regulatory compliance. Prior to forming DAG, Jim was the Managing Director in the Forensics practice at KPMG where he led regulatory compliance matters, as well as fraud and misconduct investigations.
Jim is a recognized industry leader in Financial Regulatory Compliance. He has assisted numerous financial institutions, as well as "non-bank financial institutions" such as casinos, broker dealers, and money service businesses (MSBs) in improving their AML programs, risk assessments, and policies and procedures in both proactive and reactive situations. Jim also has provided AML/BSA training to clients, regulators, and governmental agencies including the Federal Reserve Private Equities Group, the National Drug Intelligence Center, the Central Intelligence Agency and state gaming regulators. In the area of fraud and white collar crime, his investigations have included fraud and misconduct, fraud against financial institutions, theft and misallocation of corporate funds, and asset tracing.
Jim has testified as a fact and expert witness in depositions, civil trials, and criminal trials in both state and federal court. These trials included allegations of money laundering, tax evasion and other white-collar crimes.
Prior to his Big Four experience, Jim was a Special Agent with the IRS Criminal Investigation Division and the Anti-Money Laundering Advisor to the White House Drug Policy Office. In this capacity, he provided policy, analytical and technical assistance for domestic and international money laundering issues. He was responsible for preparing numerous threat assessments and strategic initiatives to address those threats. Jim was also a contributing author of the most recent U.S. Government's National Money Laundering Threat Assessment and Strategy which was signed by the President.
As a former Special Agent, Jim investigated and supervised complex financial investigations of national and international scope. He spent more than six years as an undercover agent investigating off-shore tax shelters and criminal enterprises engaged in money laundering and tax fraud.
Jim earned a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Western Michigan University and a master's degree in Computer Information Security from Eastern Michigan University.
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