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May 2016

Investigations Assisted by FinCEN Data

Law enforcement officials use FinCEN records to help investigate a variety of crimes, including tax evasion, narcotics trafficking, and identity theft. Below is a list of case examples in which FinCEN data supported law enforcement investigations. The list is organized according to type of FinCEN form, type of industry involved, and type of violation committed.

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What is the BSA Data?

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) administers the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), our nation’s first and most comprehensive anti-money laundering statute. The BSA requires depository institutions and other industries vulnerable to money laundering to take a number of precautions against financial crime. This includes filing and reporting certain data about financial transactions possibly indicative of money laundering, including cash transactions over $10,000 and suspicious transactions. In fiscal year 2019, more than 20 million BSA reports were filed by more than 97,000 U.S.