Gillich, Toni

An Assistant Director and financial crime compliance specialist with the U.S. Government Accountability Office, Toni leads work involving forensic audits, investigations, and performance audits that cover issues ranging from fraud schemes to money laundering. She also has 15 years experience in auditing banking, securities, and various payments systems issues. Focusing on financial crimes, Toni has led audits of oversight of suspicious activity reporting, and banking and securities regulators’ anti-money laundering examinations. She has also contributed to numerous audits involving other financial crimes issues including violations of financial sanctions against Iran, mortgage foreclosure rescue scams, international remittances and money laundering, kidnap and ransom insurance, and cyber threats to banks. Before her auditing career, she was a lobbyist in international trade. She holds a B.A. in Economics and M.A. in International Development from American University. Toni currently serves on the advisory board of the Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists.