SightSpan Speaking with US Marshals Service and Ribbit.me at Cryptolina Bitcoin Expo

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Aug. 5, 2015 - PRLog -- SightSpan, a leading provider of risk management and security solutions, today announced its participation in the Cryptolina Bitcoin Expo, being held August 14-15 at the Historic McGlohon Theater at Spirit Square in Uptown Charlotte, NC.

The two-day conference is a sequel to last summer's inaugural expo in Raleigh, NC that attracted over 350 digital currency developers, investors and regulators from across the United States and Europe. Among them, former United States Mint Director Edmund C. Moy and Silicon Valley venture capitalist Adam Draper.

SightSpan CEO John Walsh will join Shannon Code of Ribbit.me and John Bridge of the United States Marshals Service to talk about the “Mainstreaming of Bitcoin.”  The panelists will share historical challenges, market acceptance and current compliance concerns around this popular digital currency.

In addition, on August 14^th, there will be a Virtual Currency and Blockchain Technology Compliance Workshop coinciding with the Second Annual Cryptolina Bitcoin Expo.  This will cover the critical laws and regulations that apply to digital currency businesses and how to comply with them.

Registration is open now - tickets may be purchased at BitPay (BTC) or Carolina Tix (credit/debit) For additional information, please visit www.cryptolina.com.

About the Panelists

John Bridge is a Senior Inspector with the United States Marshals Service, Financial Surveillance Unit. He began his career with the US Marshals Service in 1994 after spending eight years in the Marine Corps as a Military Policeman and Criminal Investigator. Senior Inspector Bridge has been assigned to Washington DC, Indiana, South Carolina and North Carolina. He is credited with starting two District task forces, one of which later became an office of the Great Lakes Regional Fugitive Task Force. He is currently assigned to the Investigative Operations Division (Financial Surveillance Unit) out of Washington, working from an office in Raleigh, NC.

Shannon Code is a software developer and tester at Ribbit.me specializing in all things decentralized and blockchain related. Having worked with Mastercoin and Gems, Shannon brings with him a broad body of knowledge. When not writing blockchain tech Shannon is playing with Augmented reality, Virtual reality, Wearables and all things fringe.

John F Walsh is President and CEO of SightSpan Inc., an international consulting, security and training firm specializing in risk management, corporate governance, security and overall business process improvement.  SightSpan assists private and government clients with critical and confidential projects throughout the world with offices in the USA, the Middle East and Southeast Asia.

John is an entrepreneur and strategist with 30 years of experience in the financial services industry He helps organizations simplify approaches to complex problems to manage risk, security, anti-money laundering (AML), combating terrorist financing (CTF) and corporate security.  John is a Certified Compliance Officer (CCO), serves as a board member of the Association of Certified Financial Crimes Specialists, is an active member of the Association of Anti-Money Laundering Professionals (ACAMS), a member of the Arab American Bankers Association, Certified Fraud Examiners Association, Global Association of Risk Professionals and several security groups.

About SightSpan

SightSpan is a multinational advisory group with local and international expertise focused on risk management and security matters. Some of the largest financial institutions in the world rely on SightSpan experts and solutions to mitigate compliance risk and uncover financial crime around the globe.  SightSpan also assists governments in keeping people safe in dangerous or higher risk situations, deals with threat financing, money laundering and general illicit financial activities and designs communications and training programs to better assist citizens.

SightSpan is headquartered in Mooresville, North Carolina, with additional offices in New York, Miami, Montreal, New Zealand and in the Middle East.  Go to www.sightspan.com.