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Dear [ ]:This letter responds to your letter to Judith R. Starr, Chief Counsel of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) dated December 14, 2001, in which you seek, on behalf of [ ], interpretive guidance regarding application of the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”), 31 U.S.C. 5311-5331, and…

Dear [ ]: This responds to your letter of September 26, 2001, on behalf of [ ] (the 'Bank'), to the Internal Revenue Service-Enterprise Computing Center-Detroit (IRS), regarding the requirement to file Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) in accordance with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), 31 U.S.C.…

FinCEN AdvisoryThis Advisory is being issued to supplement the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Advisory 21, issued in July 2000, regarding the Republic ofNauru. Although Nauru has enacted some legislative reforms to address the deficiencies noted in Advisory 21, the Treasury…

Re: Effective Date for the Suspicious Activity Reporting Requirement for Money Services BusinessesRemains January 1, 2002 The U.S. Department of the Treasury is announcing that the January 1, 2002 date on which certain money services businesses (MSBs) becomesubject to the suspicious activity…