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William J. Fox Director Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Good Afternoon. I am very pleased to have this opportunity to participate in the discussion today relating to the USA PATRIOT Act. I’d like to thank your Executive Director Richard Whiting for inviting me. Your organization and its members are an important and valued part of the FinCEN network,…

Definition of Futures Commission Merchants and Introducing Brokers in Commodities as Financial Institutions; Requirement that Futures Commission Merchants and Introducing Brokers in Commodities Report Suspicious Transactions
Bush Administration Announces Budget Increase To Help Fight Terrorist Financing And Financial Crime
Guidance on Customer Identification Regulations Financial Crimes Enforcement Network FAQs: Final CIP Rule

The staff of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, National Credit Union Administration, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Office of Thrift Supervision, and the United States Department of the…

FinCEN names William D. Langford as Senior Policy Advisor

FinCEN Director William J. Fox announced today the appointment of William D. Langford as Senior Policy Advisor. Mr. Langford will serve as a principal advisor to the Director with respect to the strategic development and administration of regulations involving the Bank Secrecy Act. “Mr. Langford…

Industry Partnership Results in Valuable Investigative Leads

An expedited information-sharing program administered by FinCEN has yielded numerous productive leads for both terrorist financing and major money laundering investigations. The program enables federal law enforcement agencies, through FinCEN, to reach out to over 29,000 financial institutions…

Suspicious Activity Reporting Guidance for Casinos
FinCEN Revises CTR Form

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has modified the Currency Transaction Report, IRS Form 4789, to facilitate the recording of the movement of foreign currency. The revised form, FinCEN Form 104, is now available and can be used effective today. The change was made in response to…

Notice of Expiration of Conditional Exception to Bank Secrecy Act Regulations Relating to Orders for Transmittals of Funds by Financial Institutions Federal Register
Designation of Burma as a Jurisdiction of Primary Money Laundering Concern; Designation of Myanmar Mayflower Bank and Asia Wealth Bank as Financial Institutions of Primary Money Laundering Concern