Jim Prestopino has over fourteen years of Financial Crimes experience and is currently the Director of Enhanced Due Diligence at Ally. Jim is responsible for leading the team that reviews the clients who pose the highest AML risk. Additionally, Jim works closely with key internal stakeholders to ensure the Customer Risk Scoring (CRS) Model includes the appropriate AML risk factors and also manages the enterprise Adverse Media screening process. Prior to this role, Jim also worked as the Manager of Economic Sanctions and Manager of AML Analytics & Operations where responsibilities included, among other things, testing and running the back-end CRS process. Prior to joining Ally, Jim spent three years on the AML Investigations team at Wells Fargo as both an AML Investigator and a QC Analyst.  

Jim has an MBA from East Carolina University and a bachelor’s degree in Communication from NC State University. Jim currently holds his CAMS-FCI certification.