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In the Matter of Omar Abukar Sufi d/b/a Halal Depot
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…
Technical Amendment to 31 CFR Chapter X
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…

Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations – Reports of Foreign Financial Accounts
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…

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

Let me begin today the same way that my colleagues at FinCEN and I have begun many discussions over the past year as we sat down with individual depository institutions around the country: "Please tell me about your institution and how you seek to serve your customers." Followed perhaps by, "…