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The former head of compliance for a Dutch bank's West Coast affiliate faces an uphill battle in fighting a U.S. regulator's allegations against her, analysts told ACAMS moneylaundering.com, but her case may force the agency to rethink its approach to comparable cases going forward. In April 2018, two months after Rabobank N.A. in Roseville, California, pleaded guilty to hiding anti-money laundering deficiencies from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the agency disclosed plans to fine Laura Akahoshi, the lender's former chief compliance officer, $50,000 and bar her from the financial services industry for her purported role in the...