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FTC News Release: FTC Charges Marketers with Billing Consumers Without Their Consent; Tricked People Who Were Seeking Payday Loans
Department of Justice News Release: Former TBW Financial Analyst Pleads Guilty in $1.5 Billion Fraud Scheme
FinCEN Releases Commercial Real Estate Fraud Analysis and Advisory

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,…

FinCEN’s 2010 Mortgage Fraud Report

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…

OCC and FinCEN Assess Civil Money Penalties Against Pacific National Bank, Miami, Florida

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…

FinCEN Assesses Civil Money Penalty Against Oregon-Based Unregistered Money Transmitter
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…
Department of Justice News Release: Federal Grand Jury Charges Multiple Defendants with Racketeering, Extortion, and Narcotics Crimes Occurring at and through Two Bay Area Casinos
FinCEN Assesses Civil Money Penalty Against Michigan-Based Unregistered Money Transmitter

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…

FinCEN’s Streamlined Regulations in New Chapter X Become Effective on March 1, 2011
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…
FinCEN Issues Final Rule on Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts Report (FBAR) Responsibilities

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…

Department of Justice News Release: Former Treasurer of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Pleads Guilty to $1.9 Billion Fraud Scheme That Contributed to the Failure of Colonial Bank

 

FinCEN Advisory Warns of Elder Financial Exploitation

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…

FinCEN Releases Outreach Report on Depository Institutions with Assets under $5 Billion

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…

Civil Money Penalty Assessed Against Zions First National Bank

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, without…

Treasury News Release: Treasury Identifies Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL as a “Primary Money Laundering Concern”