About Truth Technologies

The people who
pioneered this industry.

Long before AML and KYC became regulatory buzzwords, Egide Thein saw what was coming. In 1996 he built the tools the world would eventually be required to use. The team behind Sentinel™ has been fighting financial crime longer than most compliance departments have existed.

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Pioneer of the industry
Egide Thein founded Truth Technologies in 1996, before AML screening was a legal requirement anywhere in the world.
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Built for the real world
Founded by someone who lived in the intersection of diplomacy, banking, and international law, Sentinel™ was designed from firsthand knowledge of financial crime.
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SOC 2 Type 2 certified
Enterprise-grade security, GDPR compliant, OWASP certified. 30+ years of uninterrupted service to regulated industries worldwide.
1996
Year Founded
30+
Years of Excellence
150+
Countries Served
15K+
Users Trained
Our Founder

The man who saw financial crime
before the world had a word for it.

Egide Thein, Founder and CEO, Truth Technologies
⭐ Pioneer of the AML/KYC Industry
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Egide Thein
Founded Truth Technologies, Inc., November 1996

After a distinguished career in international diplomatic relations, including roles as a graduate of the Belgian Military Academy, Director of the Luxembourg Board of Economic Development, and spokesman for the European Union at the United Nations, Mr. Thein saw something that others hadn't yet: that emerging financial regulations would urgently require purpose-built tools, and that no such tools existed.

In 1996, before AML screening was a legal requirement anywhere in the world, he incorporated Truth Technologies in Virginia and began building what would become Sentinel™. He called it the Money Laundering Detection System and Fraud Detection System (MLDS/FDS), a yearlong feasibility study had produced the blueprint. The world caught up eventually.

Mr. Thein is also the founder of Noah's Ark Communities, a non-profit dedicated to providing safe, residential housing and meaningful employment opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities.

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Leadership Team

The people who keep
Sentinel™ running

A focused leadership team with deep expertise in compliance, technology, and financial operations.

Angelique Ward, Chief Operations Officer
Chief Operations Officer
Angelique Ward
20 years of turning complex compliance into seamless delivery.

Angelique is the reason client engagements at Truth Technologies run the way they should. With a career spanning finance, software, and global operations, she brings the kind of structural clarity that turns a compliance platform into a compliance program.

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Pam VanDermoon, Controller
Controller
Pam VanDermoon
Global financial operations

Pam brings extensive experience managing financial operations for global corporations, with executive-level positions across industries including acquisitions and supply chain management.

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Our History

30 years ahead
of the curve.

Truth Technologies didn't follow the compliance industry. We helped create it.

1996
Truth Technologies founded
Egide Thein incorporates Truth Technologies in Virginia, building the world's first purpose-built AML/KYC screening system before the regulations that would require it had even been written. The product blueprint is called MLDS/FDS: Money Laundering Detection System and Fraud Detection System.
2001
USA PATRIOT ACT enacted
The world catches up. Section 326 of the PATRIOT ACT mandates Customer Identification Programs across US financial institutions. Sentinel™ is already compliant. Truth Technologies begins serving banks, insurers, and law firms at scale.
2004
Acquisition of iDEVCO Corporation
Truth Technologies acquires the assets of iDEVCO Corporation, a provider of advanced and secure IT solutions based near Washington, DC. This move brings core product development and support entirely in-house, accelerating the evolution of Sentinel™.
2010s
Global expansion
Offices established in Florida, New York, and Luxembourg, with a local partner in the Cayman Islands. Truth Technologies expands Sentinel™ with multi-language support in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Arabic, serving clients across all 24 time zones.
2020
SOC 2 Type 2 certification
Sentinel™ achieves SOC 2 Type 2 certification, meeting the most stringent enterprise security standards demanded by global financial institutions and regulators.
2024
Sentinel™ SCP product line launched
Truth Technologies launches the Sentinel™ Compliance Platform (SCP) product tiers, Basic, Premium, and Enterprise, making enterprise-grade AML/KYC compliance accessible to organizations of every size.
2026
30 years strong
Truth Technologies celebrates 30 years of compliance excellence, serving financial institutions, insurers, law firms, casinos, and regulated businesses across 150+ countries. Over 15,000 users trained on Sentinel™. The mission remains unchanged: stop financial crime.
In The Field

Where you'll find us

Truth Technologies is a regular presence at the world's leading AML, KYC, and financial crime compliance conferences, staying close to the regulations, the regulators, and the professionals who depend on Sentinel™.

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Corporate Social Responsibility

Our Charity

Truth Technologies supports
Noah's Ark Communities

Noah's Ark Communities is committed to empowering individuals with developmental disabilities, advocating on their behalf and providing meaningful employment, recreational and social opportunities, and affordable housing in an inclusive community of their choice.

The initiative will build small villages for developmentally disabled people, mostly with a diagnosis of Autism or Down Syndrome. Noah's Ark Communities takes its inspiration from Paul Newman's "Hole in the Wall" charity, Gould Farm in Massachusetts, and Noah's Ark of Central Florida.

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Noah's Ark Communities

"Founded by Egide Thein, Noah's Ark Communities provides safe, residential housing and meaningful opportunities for adults with developmental disabilities, because doing good in the world doesn't stop at compliance."

Work With Us

Trusted by compliance teams
for 30 years.

The team that pioneered this industry is still at the forefront of it. See what Sentinel™ can do for your compliance operation.