Ricardo Gomez Joins Kaufman Rossin as Risk Advisory Services Principal

Kaufman Rossin, one of the top 100 CPA and advisory firms in the U.S., announced today that Ricardo Gomez, CAMS, has joined the firm as a principal in the risk advisory services practice.

Gomez will spearhead anti-money laundering (AML) and investigative engagements for banks and financial institutions across Latin America and the Caribbean. His years of experience counseling clients in the financial, legal and corporate sectors will play a significant role in the firm’s expanding risk advisory services practice.

Ricardo Gomez - Principal Risk Advisory Services

He leverages his extensive knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), USA Patriot Act and OFAC regulations when counseling clients on compliance matters across the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. He has conducted more than 50 AML compliance evaluations for foreign financial institutions with operations in more than 20 countries. In addition, Gomez spearheads complex due diligence investigations and remediation projects.

Gomez has led BSA/AML/OFAC independent reviews of community banks, broker-dealers, credit unions, insurance companies, money services businesses, and financial technology and cryptocurrency companies. He has also managed AML risk and gap analyses of nontraditional financial institutions, including lottery and gaming companies and wholesale distributors with operations in Latin America.

Before joining Kaufman Rossin, Gomez worked at three global regulatory, financial crime, risk and compliance companies where he conducted BSA/AML/OFAC compliance reviews and international AML/CTF compliance reviews of correspondent banks and affiliates in Latin America and the Caribbean on behalf of U.S. financial institutions.

Gomez is a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, the Florida International Bankers Association, the South Florida Compliance Association and the Juncadella Corporate Counsel Group.

Gomez holds a Master of Laws from the University of Miami School of Law and a Juris Doctor degree from Escuela Libre de Derecho in Mexico City. He is bilingual in English and Spanish.


Ricardo Gomez, CAMS, is a Risk Advisory Services Principal at Kaufman Rossin, one of the Top 100 CPA and advisory firms in the U.S.