Erika Gonzalez

AML/CFT · Crypto compliance · Bermuda, BVI, Latin America

Hi, I'm

Erika
Gonzalez

I'm a compliance officer specialising in AML and financial crime. I build programs for crypto companies, fintechs and startups, and I spend my time learning about AI applied to compliance, teaching, and running communities where we talk about all of this.

Erika Gonzalez
USD 150Min TVL reached by USDM at Mountain Protocol
<1 yrfrom Class M to Class F with the BMA
0fines, sanctions or bank account closures in the programs I have led
1M+Buenbit users across four countries
40+talks and training sessions
4xTop Compliance Officers list, 2023 to 2026

Services

How I can help

01

Compliance programs from scratch

AML/CFT and sanctions programs sized for the stage you're in: risk assessment, policies, KYC and KYB, transaction monitoring and blockchain analytics.

02

Licences and regulators

Preparation for licence applications and regulatory examinations, with hands-on experience before the BMA, the BVI FSC and regulators in Latin America and Gibraltar.

03

Outsourced CCO and MLRO

I take on the CCO/MLRO role for regulated firms that need a senior compliance officer before they can justify a full-time hire.

04

Audits and independent reviews

Internal audits and independent reviews of AML/CFT programs, with findings your team can act on and the regulator can follow.

05

Training and talks

Training for boards, compliance teams and professionals, plus talks and classes at congresses and universities, mostly on AML/CFT for virtual assets and VASPs, crypto tracing and blockchain analytics, sanctions, compliance regulation in Latin America, traditional and emerging money laundering, AI applied to compliance and how to build a compliance program from scratch.

About

Compliance built before anyone required it

I started in compliance at a currency exchange house in Argentina. When the same shareholders launched Buenbit, they asked me to bring that standard into the crypto business, at a time when FATF had not yet published R.15 and no country had a framework for virtual assets. I built that program from scratch, later took Mountain Protocol from a Class M to a Class F licence with the BMA, and today I serve as CCO/MLRO and consultant for regulated firms in Bermuda, the BVI and Latin America.

My work spans stablecoins, insurance intermediaries, exchanges, capital markets and decentralized risk infrastructure, sectors that rarely share a compliance officer. I have also worked on crypto tracing investigations into hacks and exploits, following stolen assets across multiple chains, and that experience shapes how I design monitoring and incident response controls. I always start from proportionality, because I come from the startup world.

Erika Gonzalez in her library

Experience

Where I've built

2025–now

Orbway Underwriting Ltd.

Chief Compliance Officer & MLRO

BMA-licensed insurance intermediary in the space and satellite sector, placing and administering coverage for launch, commissioning and in-orbit risks. Built the AML/CFT and sanctions program from the ground up, including corporate onboarding, KYB/EDD and ongoing monitoring. Obtained the company's registration as an Insurance Agent with the BMA in 2026.

2025–now

Independent Compliance Consultant

AML/CFT compliance advisory for a BMA-licensed company in Bermuda.

2025–now

Ensuro

Internal Auditor

BMA-licensed blockchain-based (re)insurer. Internal audit across governance, controls and regulatory compliance, covering the period in which Ensuro obtained its BMA Class F licence upgrade.

2024–now

G&M Consulting Services

Co-Founder & Compliance Consultant

Independent consultancy serving regulated entities in Argentina and the BVI, such as GBAM Securities, across securities brokers, broker-dealers, payment service providers and crypto exchanges. AML/CFT program builds, regulatory gap analysis, transaction monitoring set-up and ongoing CCO advisory.

2025

Anchorage Digital

Compliance Lead, Stablecoins

Joined through the Mountain Protocol acquisition. Led compliance for the stablecoins division at the first federally chartered crypto bank in the US, covering product launch, cross-border onboarding and sanctions controls during post-acquisition integration.

2023–2025

Mountain Protocol

Chief Compliance & Risk Officer, MLRO

Issuer of USDM, the first permissionless yield-bearing stablecoin prudentially regulated by the BMA, which reached $150M in TVL. Led the compliance and risk transformation from a Class M to a Class F licence in July 2024, in under a year, which positioned the company for its acquisition by Anchorage Digital.

  • Directed regulatory audits with FTI Consulting and reported directly to the Board.
  • Designed the end-to-end AML/CFT and sanctions program with blockchain analytics and custom risk scoring.

2019–2023

Buenbit

Chief Compliance Officer & MLRO

Joined with fewer than ten employees and built the AML/CFT and sanctions program from scratch as Buenbit scaled to over a million users. Registered CCO/MLRO in Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Gibraltar at the same time, and led a team of 18. I was the first Chainalysis user in Latin America. Buenbit was later acquired by Nexo in 2026.

2019–2020

Buendolar (Nospread Tecnología)

Head of Compliance

Led compliance at Argentina's first digital foreign exchange broker, operating 24/7 when the industry was still defining non-face-to-face KYC.

Education

Three master's degrees and continuous training in crypto, forensics and sanctions

Master's degrees

YearInstitutionProgramme
2022EALDE Business SchoolMaster's in Risk Management, specialising in Compliance: Fraud and Money Laundering
2022EALDE Business SchoolMaster's in Digital Risk Management and Cybersecurity, specialising in Business Continuity
2022Catholic University of San Antonio de Murcia (UCAM)University Master's in Risk Management

Specialisation

YearInstitutionProgramme
2024Austral University and Abat Oliba CEU UniversityExpert Diploma in Cybercrime and Technologies Applied to Investigation
2024Complutense University of Madrid, Law SchoolAdvanced Specialisation Course in Blockchain
2023–2024Chainalysis AcademyChainalysis Reactor Certification (CRC) and KYT Certification (CKC)
2022UCASALUniversity Diploma in Criminal Markets Investigation and Money Laundering
2022Ethics & Compliance InitiativeLeadership Professional in Ethics & Compliance (LPEC)
2022Torcuato Di Tella UniversityExecutive Program in Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies

Industry certifications

Chainalysis · Merkle Science · Sumsub · Coinfirm · Basel Institute on Governance · GAFILAT · Bermuda Monetary Authority · Anthropic

Since 2020 I have also completed more than 200 courses, certifications and congresses on blockchain forensics, sanctions, OSINT, cybercrime and AI.

Projects

What I'm building now

2026–

NuCoLabs

AI applied to compliance work in practice: tools, frameworks and knowledge infrastructure for regulated entities in crypto and fintech.

nucolabs.xyz

2025–

Crypto Compliance Builders

A biweekly community for Spanish-speaking compliance officers in crypto and fintech, working through real cases, regulatory updates and applied AI.

LinkedIn

2025–

Echelon CPL Partners

Boutique compliance advisory firm focused on BMA-regulated entities in Bermuda.

2024–

G&M Consulting Services

Compliance consultancy I co-founded, serving regulated entities in Argentina and the BVI: AML/CFT programs, gap analyses, transaction monitoring and ongoing CCO support.

Speaking & Teaching

40+ talks and training sessions

Teaching

YearsInstitutionCourse
2026ALFA-LACDiploma in Strategic Management of Fraud Prevention, Cybersecurity and AML/CFT: Latin American compliance regulation; traditional and emerging money laundering prevention
2022–2026University of Buenos Aires, Law SchoolGuest lecturer, Money Laundering: Theory and Practice
2025ALFA-LACBill 6593 and regional outlook, training for professionals in Guatemala
2022–2025National University of CuyoDiploma in Crypto Economics
2023–2024UCEMAExecutive Program in Crypto Compliance

Talks

YearEventRole
2026Banco Guayaquil, Security Connect (Ecuador)Training session
2026FORSEF, Regional Financial Security ForumPanelist and author in the forum's journal
2021–2025South American AML/CFT Congress, ForumSpeaker, four editions
2023Compliance PLA/FT Forum ParaguaySpeaker
2022Chainalysis, Buenbit exchange leverages Chainalysis solutions to enable market expansionSpeaker
2021Fidesnet, Payments and virtual assets in the digital eraSpeaker
2021Chainalysis, Navigating the crypto boom in ArgentinaSpeaker

Contact

If my background resonates and you see an opportunity to work together, write to me.

I'm drawn to teams that see compliance as an ethical and necessary part of their business.

Download my CV (PDF)

Or directly: [email protected]

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