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VIENNA, Va. – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today released its analysis of suspicious activity reports (SARs) that call attention to possible fraud in the commercial real estate financing arena. The analysis,…
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FinCEN: Our Story (An Interactive PDF)
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VIENNA, Va. – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) in its new report, Mortgage Loan Fraud SAR Filings In Fourth Quarter and Calendar Year 2010, today released full year data showing the number of…
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WASHINGTON—The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced the assessment of a $7 million civil money penalty (CMP) against Pacific National Bank, Miami, Florida (the Bank) for violations of an OCC Consent Order, the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and the USA PATRIOT Act. The…
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VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced assessment of a $25,000 civil money penalty against Victor Kaganov of Tigard, Oregon, for violating Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) requirements for money…
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Vienna, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced an assessment of civil money penalties totaling $40,000 against brothers Omar Abukar Sufi and…
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VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced that March 1 is the effective date for FinCEN's rules and regulations which have been reorganized within a…
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VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today issued a rule that amends the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) implementing regulations regarding the Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR). The FBAR…
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VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network today released a new advisory to help financial institutions spot and report on activities involving elder financial exploitation. The advisory, Advisory to Financial…
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VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in a new report, Outreach to Depository Institutions with Assets Under $5 Billion, released today, announced the findings of its Outreach Initiative to smaller…
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VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the assessment of a civil money penalty against Zions First National Bank, Salt Lake City, Utah, for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). Zions,…
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The Egmont Group, the global association of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs), has released a White Paper entitled, Enterprise-wide STR Sharing: Issues and Approaches, designed to elicit…