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| Federal Register Notice
Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Suspicious Activity Report by Casinos and Card Clubs
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FinCEN Report Shows Connection With Mortgage Fraud and Other Financial Crime

VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today released a new report that shows subjects reported for suspected mortgage loan fraud may also be involved in other financial crimes such as check fraud, money laundering,…

| Federal Register Notice
Proposed Renewal Without Change; Comment Request; Customer Identification Programs for Various Financial Institutions
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Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Report of International Transportation of Currency or Monetary Instruments
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OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR THE TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM

WASHINGTON, D.C., March 11, 2009 – NEIL M. BAROFSKY, the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (“SIGTARP”), announced today, in coordination with the Inspector General for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (“FRB-OIG”), the formation of a broad, multi-…

| Administrative Ruling
FinCEN Issues Ruling (FIN-2009-R001) on Whether Certain Operations of a Service Provider to Prepaid Stored Value Program Participants is a Money Services Business

FIN-2009-R001Issued: January 22, 2009Subject: Whether Certain Operations of a Service Provider to Prepaid Stored Value Program Participants is a Money Services Business

Dear [ ]:

I am responding to your letter of September 20, 2005 to the U.S. Department of the Treasury. You…

| Administrative Ruling
FinCEN Issues Ruling (FIN-2008-R012)on Whether a Money Services Business Must Establish and Maintain Separate Deposit Accounts for its Separate Check Cashing and Money Transmission Lines of Business

FIN-2008-R012Issued: December 11, 2008Subject: Whether a Money Services Business Must Establish and Maintain Separate Deposit Accounts for its Separate Check Cashing and Money Transmission Lines of Business

Dear [ ]:

I am writing in response to your letter of May 7, 2008 to…

| Federal Register Notice
Confidentiality of Suspicious Activity Reports
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Interpretive Guidance – Sharing Suspicious Activity Reports by Depository Institutions with Certain U.S. Affiliates
| Federal Register Notice
Interpretive Guidance – Sharing Suspicious Activity Reports by Securities Broker-Dealers, Mutual Funds, Futures Commission Merchants, and Introducing Brokers in Commodities with Certain U.S. Affiliates