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Money Services Businesses, including money transmitters, are filing voluntary suspicious activity reports that describe attempts by customers to disperse transactions and circumvent record keeping requirement thresholds. This finding is reported in the third issue of the SAR Activity Review –…
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The Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has established a FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONSHOTLINE, 1-866-556-3974, for financial institutions to voluntarily reportto law enforcement suspicious transactions that may relate to recent terroristactivity against the United States.…
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Dear [ ]:
This letter responds to your letter dated June 4, 2001, on behalf of [ ] (the “Bank”),requesting a determination whether the Bank is required under 31 U.S.C. § 5313, and itsimplementing regulations found at 31 C.F.R. § 103.22, to aggregate multiple currencytransactions for purposes of…
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FinCEN AdvisoryThis Advisory is being issued to inform banks and other financial institutions operating in the United States that Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Advisory 11, regarding Antigua and Barbuda, is hereby withdrawn.Since the issuance of Advisory 11, Antigua and Barbuda has…
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Dear [ ]:
This responds to your letter dated February 25, 2000, on behalf [ ] (the “Bank”), to theFinancial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”). In that letter, you requested a ruling on theapplication of the rules relating to the filing of a currency transaction report (“CTR”), asauthorized…
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FinCEN AdvisoryWITHDRAWALThis Advisory is being issued to inform banks and other financial institutions operating in the United States that Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Advisory 23, regarding the Republic of Panama, is hereby withdrawn.Since the issuance of Advisory 23, Panama has…