[1] She served as director of the U.S. Treasury Department's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) from September 2012 to May 2016.
[3] Working to prosecute money-laundering and related crimes,[4] she spent 15 years at the U.S. Department of Justice, including as an Organized Crime and Racketeering Section prosecutor, and two years as senior counsel with the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, through two federal administrations.
[2] She was director of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) from September 22, 2012, until May 27, 2016.
[2][4][5][6] During her tenure at FinCEN, while representing the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section of the Department of Justice, had been "considering seeking a guilty plea from HSBC" as early as September 2012.
[1] On April 16, 2016, she announced she would be leaving the position effective on May 27, 2016,[7][8] to join banking group HSBC.