Rio has spent 20+ years operating at the intersection of risk, compliance, and real-world investigations. A former U.S. Army Infantry and Intelligence officer turned enterprise financial crimes leader, Rio Miner built FCI Tradecraft for one reason: most financial crime programs fail not because of tools, but because people are not taught to think like investigators.
From leading Anti-Money Laundering (AML) investigations at scale to building training programs for hundreds of investigators inside major institutions, he has seen firsthand where organizations break and how to fix them. Inventing dynamic solutions is a way of life, not a job.
Today, he works with banks, fintechs, and government teams to close that gap. Rio teaches more than theory - he teaches tradecraft: the clicks, sources, and methods to detect criminal activity, make risk-based decisions, and generate actionable reporting. Finance and financial crime are evolving faster than most institutions can adapt, driven by AI, global instability, and new payment technologies. In a world of complexity, the FCIT mission is simple: build & equip operators who can keep up.