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Benjamin Riesenberg is a Senior Principal Investigator, Crypto Assets at FINRA, a position he has held since April 2023. Based in New York, his role sits within the Research department and focuses on cryptocurrency risk and fraud. He is admitted to practice law in the State of New York.

Prior to joining FINRA, Riesenberg spent approximately seven months as Fraud Manager at DraftKings. Before that, he held a series of roles at Gemini, the cryptocurrency exchange, spanning from May 2018 to September 2022: he joined as a Compliance and Fraud Investigator, advanced to Senior Investigator, and then to Risk and Fraud Manager. Earlier in his career, he worked as an Associate Attorney at Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, a law firm specializing in securities fraud litigation, from September 2016 to April 2018. He holds a degree from Brooklyn Law School.

Eric Goldfond is a Senior Principal Investigator, Crypto Assets at FINRA, a position he has held since December 2022. His work sits within FINRA's Research department and focuses on investigating bad actors in crypto asset markets and protecting fraud victims in cryptocurrency, neobanks, and other fintech sectors. He holds the Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) designation alongside certifications in Bitcoin and Ethereum investigations, on-chain transaction monitoring, and anti-money laundering.

Prior to joining FINRA, Goldfond worked briefly as a Fraud Technology Senior Consultant in Financial Services at EY from October 2022 to January 2023. He also held a role at Gemini, as indicated by his professional history. His investigative background spans insurance fraud, social media and OSINT, due-diligence background investigations, and card, wire, and ACH payments, chargebacks, and risk and fraud operations. Since December 2020, he has also served as a Social Ambassador Governor at the Algorand Foundation. He has approximately ten years of total professional experience across multiple financial services industries.

Jamie Udinson is Senior Director, Crypto Asset Investigations at FINRA, leading the organization's first regulatory group dedicated solely to crypto assets within FINRA's Cyber and Analytics Unit. She also serves as a key member of FINRA's Crypto Hub and leads FINRA's Crypto Working Group. In her current role, she develops and implements strategies addressing risks and misconduct in the digital assets space, and works with regulators, law enforcement, and industry stakeholders on the regulatory framework for crypto-related activities.

Prior to her current position, Udinson served as Senior Director of Strategy and Program Risk, managing strategic initiatives across Member Supervision functions including Firm Exams, Risk Monitoring, the Member Application Program, and National Cause and Financial Crimes Detection Programs. Earlier, she directed data-driven solutions to detect and prevent financial crimes, including fraud and money laundering. She has held roles in both FINRA's Member Supervision and Enforcement Departments, with experience supervising examinations and investigations. She has over 16 years at FINRA and holds an MBA focused on Business Analytics from La Salle University. She is also a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist.

Michael Oh is Senior Director of the Blockchain Lab at FINRA, sitting within the Office of Financial Innovation. The Blockchain Lab serves as a central point within FINRA for the development of blockchain-related regulatory initiatives, supporting and advancing FINRA's regulatory work involving crypto assets.

Oh appeared as a featured guest on the FINRA Unscripted podcast in September 2023, in an episode focused on FINRA's Blockchain Lab and its role in crypto asset regulation. In that episode, he discussed the Lab's work alongside Brian Huerbsch, Senior Blockchain Data Analyst, and Jason Foye, Senior Director and head of FINRA's Crypto Hub. No further career history or educational background for this individual is available in the source content.

Sourit Dasgupta is Global Head AML Risk and Analytics at Interactive Brokers, a position he has held since October 2024, based in Greenwich, Connecticut. He also serves concurrently as a Crypto & AML Working Group Member at FINRA, a role he began in June 2025, based in Washington, D.C.

Dasgupta has over 15 years of experience across financial crimes and compliance functions. At Interactive Brokers, he previously served as Head of Financial Crimes Model Risk for the Americas from November 2021 to July 2023, before being elevated to Global Head AML Risk and Analytics in August 2023. His areas of focus span BSA/AML, financial crimes, AI transformation, risk assessment, regulatory compliance, blockchain, governance, and analytics. Prior to Interactive Brokers, he spent nearly five years at EY in London as a Financial Crimes Manager within the finance and accounting practice, from December 2016 to November 2021.

Tamara Weber is a Senior Principal Investigator, Crypto Asset Investigations Team at FINRA, based in San Francisco, where she leads complex investigations and risk-based examinations focused on crypto asset fraud and securities law compliance. She is CAMS certified and has accumulated over 20 years of experience in financial crimes investigation.

Before joining FINRA in June 2024, Weber served as a Special Agent at the FDIC from 2019 to 2024, focusing on financial crimes including bank fraud and anti-money laundering investigations. Prior to that, she held a Senior Special Agent role at the U.S. Department of the Treasury from 2013 to 2019, where she worked under SIGTARP. She also served as a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney at the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California from 2011 to 2013, and previously as an Assistant State's Attorney at the Cook County State's Attorney's Office in Chicago. She holds a law degree from DePaul University College of Law. In addition to her investigative work, Weber has delivered public education sessions on crypto ATM fraud, including presentations targeted at senior investors through FINRA's outreach programming.