Melanie Lefebvre

Melanie Lefebvre is an Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing Senior Investigator and consultant with four years of experience, with a specialization in virtual assets and blockchain technology. She currently consults as an independent contractor for one of the world’s largest Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) and has previously held roles with other regulated exchanges and money service businesses.

She is also a Certified Chainalysis Training Partner and board advisor to TCAE, and actively mentors and coaches compliance professionals looking to enter the virtual asset AML space. Melanie actively creates and teaches educational content focused on virtual assets and their AML application to public audiences, educational institutions, law enforcement agencies and private companies. She is a frequent speaker on this subject, notably with
Seneca College, the Canadian Institute for Financial Crime Analysis, ACFCS, Provincial and Federal Law Enforcement agencies, the TCAE among
others.

She is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), a Certified Bitcoin Professional (CBP), and holds several blockchain intelligence certifications - CCFC, CRC, CISC, and CKC.