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Department of Justice News Release: Former Chairman of Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Convicted for $2.9 Billion Fraud Scheme That Contributed to the Failure of Colonial Bank

 

Imposition of Special Measure against Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL as a financial institution of primary money laundering concern.
FTC News Release: FTC Charges Marketers with Billing Consumers Without Their Consent; Tricked People Who Were Seeking Payday Loans
Preparation Guidelines for completing the March 2011 version of FinCEN Form 101, Suspicious Activity Report by the Securities and Futures Industries.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") is issuing these guidelines to assist the Securities and Futures Industry in correctly completing FinCEN Form 101, Suspicious Activity Report by the Securities and Futures Industries (“SAR-SF”). On October 10, 2007, FinCEN issued guidance…

Preparation Guidelines for completing the March 2011 version of FinCEN Form 103, Currency Transaction Report by Casinos.

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN") is issuing this guidance to assist casinos and card clubs in correctly completing FinCEN Form 103, Currency Transaction Report by Casinos (CTR-C). On August 1, 2008, FinCEN issued a revised version of the CTR-C that became mandatory for use by…

FinCEN Form 105 – Currency and Other Monetary Instruments Report


Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Dear []:

This responds to your letter of May 14, 2010, in which you request an administrative ruling concerning the proper completion of FinCEN Form 105 - Currency and Other Monetary Instruments Report ("CMIR"). Your letter, essentially,…

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…

PREPARED REMARKS OF JAMES H. FREIS, JR., DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Good morning. Today, I think that it is important that I focus my remarks on what FinCEN is trying to do to address a vulnerability in our Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) regime as it relates to mortgage brokers, and how this effort fits into FinCEN’s overall initiative to…