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Chairman Crapo, Ranking Member Brown, Members of the Committee, thank you for having me here today to discuss eliminating anonymous shell corporations by collecting beneficial ownership information in order to preserve our national security and protect our people from harm.
Introduction
Good morning, everyone—it is great to be back in my home state of Florida. Carole, thank you for that wonderful introduction.
I am delighted to be here with you today to address the 2019 Federal Identity (FedID) Forum and Exposition, and I would like to thank the FedID Planning Committee for inviting FinCEN to take part in this year’s event.
Thank you, Rick, for the introduction, and on behalf of FinCEN Director Kenneth A. Blanco and the other 290 staff at FinCEN, I want to thank you again for making FinCEN a part of MTRA’s annual conference.
I am going to try and keep my remarks brief today to allow time for questions, so I will focus on the following topics:
