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Egmont Group Communiqué: The Egmont Group of Financial Intelligence Units Mobilises its Global Membership to Advance the Fight Against Terrorist Financing
Notice of Availability of Regulatory Impact Assessment and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Regarding the Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions Proposed Rulemaking

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the availability of two related documents that are part of the Customer Due Diligence Requirements for Financial Institutions Proposed Rulemaking: A Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) and an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis…

FinCEN’s First Card Club Enforcement Action Leads to $650k Settlement with California’s Oaks Card Club

WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced its first settlement with and assessment against a “card club” gaming establishment. Oaks Card Club d/b/a Oaks Club (Oaks), of…

FinCEN’s First Card Club Enforcement Action Leads to $650k Settlement with California’s Oaks Card Club

WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced its first settlement with and assessment against a “card club” gaming establishment. Oaks Card Club d/b/a Oaks Club (Oaks), of…

FinCEN and China’s CAMLMAC Sign Memorandum of Understanding

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Director Jennifer Shasky Calvery and the China Anti-Money Laundering Monitoring and Analysis Center (CAMLMAC) Director-General Luo Yang of the People's Republic of China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) this week to…

FinCEN Names Andrea Sharrin Policy Division Associate Director

WASHINGTON, DC – Jennifer Shasky Calvery, Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), announced today the selection of Andrea M. Sharrin as Associate Director for its Policy Division. Ms. Sharrin will oversee FinCEN’s regulatory functions and lead the staff that defines the…

FinCEN Issues Assessment after Court Approval of FinCEN’s settlement with Desert Palace, Inc. d/b/a Caesars Palace

On October 19, 2015, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois approved the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN’s) settlement with Desert Palace, Inc. d/b/a Caesars Palace. FinCEN had previously announced the settlement, noting that it was subject to…

FinCEN Renews Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) Requiring Enhanced Reporting and Recordkeeping for Electronics Exporters Near Miami, Florida

On April 21, 2015, FinCEN issued a GTO that requires enhanced reporting and recordkeeping by electronics exporters located near Miami, Florida. FinCEN is renewing the GTO for an additional 180 days beginning on October 26, 2015.

The renewed Geographic Targeting Order can be found…

FinCEN Reaches $8 Million Settlement with Caesars Palace for Lax Anti-Money Laundering Controls on High Rollers

WASHINGTON- – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced a settlement with Desert Palace, Inc. d/b/a Caesars Palace where Caesars agreed to pay an $8 million civil money penalty for its willful and…

FinCEN Proposes AML Regulations for Investment Advisers

WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today proposed a rule requiring certain investment advisers to establish anti-money laundering (AML) programs and report suspicious activity to FinCEN…

FinCEN Renews and Broadens Geographic Targeting Orders on Border Cash Shipments in California and Texas

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today renewed a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) currently in place for armored cars and other common carriers of currency at two border crossings in…

FinCEN Severs Access to U.S. Financial System for FBME Bank Ltd.

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today issued a final rule, pursuant to Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act, which imposes “special measure five”…

FinCEN Combats Stolen Identity Tax Refund Fraud in South Florida with Geographic Targeting Order

WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) today for South Florida check cashers to temporarily enhance the identification requirements on customers cashing Federal tax…

FinCEN Fines Los Angeles Money Services Business and Its Owner/Compliance Officer for Anti-Money Laundering Failures

WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today imposed a civil money penalty against Lee’s Snack Shop, Inc. and its owner and compliance officer, Hong Ki Yi, for willful and repeated violations of the…

FinCEN Penalizes West Virginia Bank for Serious BSA Violations and Actions by a Branch Manager That Assisted Criminal Activity

WASHINGTON, DC – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the assessment of a $4.5 million civil money penalty against Bank of Mingo of Williamson, West Virginia (Mingo), for willfully violating the Bank…