ACAMS U.S. Capital Chapter Examines Healthcare Fraud and Money Laundering Typologies

The ACAMS U.S. Capital Chapter is holding a virtual session on 12 August 2026 focused on the growing links between healthcare fraud and money laundering, with investigators and compliance professionals examining current typologies, enforcement priorities and practical red flags.

The one-hour event, titled Healthcare Fraud: Trends and Typologies, will cover false claims, kickback schemes, upcoding, medically unnecessary services and emerging telehealth-related fraud risks. ACAMS said the session is intended to help participants understand how healthcare fraud proceeds can create money-laundering exposure and how institutions can strengthen prevention and compliance controls.

Speakers include former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor Kevin Lowell, who previously worked in the Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section and later supervised cryptocurrency enforcement work in the DOJ Fraud Section, as well as FBI Supervisory Special Agent Laura Walker. The event is moderated by Sepideh Rowland, co-chair of the ACAMS U.S. Capital Chapter.

The session reflects the increasingly close relationship between fraud prevention and AML programmes. Healthcare fraud cases can involve layered payments, shell entities, kickbacks and misuse of legitimate service providers, making typology awareness relevant to both financial institutions and compliance teams operating in the healthcare ecosystem.