- Chief Compliance Officer and VP of Legal Affairs, Arrow Electronics
By 
Jaclyn Jaeger2020-06-16T18:13:00
Testimony provided by several agencies before a U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing offers valuable insights for chief compliance and risk officers regarding where coronavirus fraud threats may lurk, especially in the financial services and healthcare sectors.
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