Index to Topics for The SAR Activity Review Volumes 1-23

An Assessment Based Upon Suspicious Activity Report Filing Analysis

This index lists the topics covered in The SAR Activity Review, Volumes 1-23. Topics are listed alphabetically. Click on a topic for a link to the respective Review in which this topic is analyzed and discussed.

Advanced Fee Schemes-419

• Issues and Guidance: Advanced Fee Schemes 4 49
• Issues and Guidance: SAR Guidelines for Reporting Advance Fee Schemes 7 47
• Law Enforcement Case: Nigerian Advance Fee Scam 6 40
• Law Enforcement Case: Nigerian Payment Transfers Scheme
• Law Enforcement Case: Nigerian Round-Tripping Investigation 7 32
• Reports of Solicitation Letters (Advanced Fee Fraud or 4-1-9 Scams) 3 23

Bank Fraud

• Convenience Checks
• Industry Forum: Check Fraud Loss Report 1 29
• Industry Forum: Check Fraud Loss Report 5 69
• Law Enforcement Case: Bank President Guilty in Loan Fraud 7 34
• Law Enforcement Case: Check Cashing
• Law Enforcement Case: Check Kiting
• Law Enforcement Case: Counterfeit Check Fraud 1 17
• Law Enforcement Case: Fraudulent Banking and Investment Scheme, Identity Theft 10 25
• Law Enforcement Case: Insider Fraud Contributes to Bank Failure 8 28
• Law Enforcement Case: Internal Fraud at Local Bank 5 54
• Law Enforcement Case: Loan Officer Fraud at Depository Institution 9 33
• Law Enforcement Case: Phantom Bank Scheme 2 30
• On-line and/or Internet Banking 6 27

Banking-Related Activity

• Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Commonly Filed Violations 7 23
• Convenience Checks
• Credit/Debit Cards: Suspicious Activity 4 29
• Law Enforcement Case: Check Cashing
• Law Enforcement Case: Check Kiting Suspect 2 29
• Law Enforcement Case: Embezzlement by Former Bank Executive
• Law Enforcement Case: Insider Fraud
• Law Enforcement Case: Misapplication of Funds at Depository Institution 9 33
• Law Enforcement Case: Proactive SAR Search Leads to Guilty Plea in Tax Fraud Investigation
• Law Enforcement Case: Proactive SAR Review Leads to Guilty Plea for Money Remitter Structuring Transactions
• Law Enforcement Case: Stolen Check Scheme 2 31
• Law Enforcement Case: Stolen Check Ring 3 32
• Suspicious Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Activity 1 13

Bankruptcy

• Law Enforcement Case: Bankruptcy Bust-out Scheme 6 42
• Law Enforcement Case: Bankruptcy Fraud Involving Family Members 6 41

Casinos-Gambling

• Casino or Card Club Compliance Assessment
• Casinos and Card Club Industries - Suspicious Activity Report Filings 8 19
• How Examiners Use BSA Data to Scope and Plan Casino Examinations Internal Revenue Service
• Law Enforcement Case: BSA Records Identify Accounts and Transactions Related to an Illegal Gambling Enterprise
• Law Enforcement Case: Money Laundering by Traffickers through Casinos 10 20
• Law Enforcement Case: Sports Betting Ring 3 31
• Law Enforcement Case: Structuring at Casinos by Organized Crime 10 20
• SAR Tips: Suspicious Activity Reporting Guidance for Casinos 7 37
• Suggested Best Practices - Casino or Card Club Risk-Based Compliance Indicators
• Suspicious Activity Reported by Casinos 1 13

Computer Intrusion

• Computer Intrusion 3 15
• Computer Intrusion 9 15
• Law Enforcement Case: Stored Value Cards
• SAR Tips: Computer Intrusion and Frequently Asked Questions 3 38

Correspondent Accounts-Shell Banks

• Correspondent Accounts and Shell Company Activity 2 18
• Shell Company Activity 1 11
• Use of U.S.-Based Shell Corporations and Foreign Shell Banks by Eastern Europeans to Move Money 7 3

Corruption

• A Compilation of FinCEN’s Anti-Corruption-Related Regulatory Efforts
• Law Enforcement Case: Casino Currency Transaction Reports Help Track Funds Embezzled from a Public Utility
• Law Enforcement Case: Corrupt Official Convicted on Numerous Charges Including Structuring
• Law Enforcement Case: Credit Union’s Suspicious Activity Reports Lead to Arrest of Corrupt Utilities Employees
• Law Enforcement Case: Local Official Sentenced For Tax Evasion and Structuring
• Law Enforcement Case: Proactive SAR Review Leads to the Arrest of Army Officer and Recovery of Iraqi War Funds
• Law Enforcement Case: SAR Leads to Recovery of Funds Derived From Foreign Corruption
• Law Enforcement Case: SARs Help Uncover Bid-Rigging Scandal
• Law Enforcement Case: Suspicious Activity Report Lead to Arrest and Conviction of U.S. Government Employee for Embezzlement
• Law Enforcement Case: Suspicious Activity Reports Identify Transactions Linked to Embezzlement of a Tribal Authority
• Summary Statistics of Corruption-Related SAR Filings

Drug Activity

• Law Enforcement Case: BSA Documents Lead to Repatriation & Seizure of Over $9 Million Generated by Illegal Internet Pharmacy
• Law Enforcement Case: BSA Information Helps Jury Convict Cocaine Trafficker
• Law Enforcement Case: Cocaine Dealer Sentenced to Life in Prison for Distribution, Structuring, and Money Laundering
• Law Enforcement Case: Cocaine Trafficker 2 30
• Law Enforcement Case: Drugs and Money Laundering
• Law Enforcement Case: Drug Money Laundering 1 22
• Law Enforcement Case: Drug Trafficker Forfeits Structured Cash 7 35
• Law Enforcement Case: Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering 2 29
• Law Enforcement Case: FinCEN Information Helps Jury Convict Cocaine Trafficker
• Law Enforcement Case: Marijuana Farm Owner Sentenced 8 27
• Law Enforcement Case: Methamphetamine Production Ring 3 31
• Law Enforcement Case: Narcotics Trafficking, Money Laundering, and Mortgage Fraud
• Law Enforcement Case: Money Laundering of Marijuana Sales Proceeds 6 44
• Law Enforcement Case: Proactive Review of SARs Leads to Long Prison Sentences for Drug Traffickers
• Law Enforcement Case: SARs Aid Investigators in Case Where an Auto Dealer Laundered Drug Proceeds
• Law Enforcement Case: SAR's Detail International Payments of Drug Trafficking Ring
• Law Enforcement Case: Structuring and Money Laundering related to Drug Investigation 10 30
• Law Enforcement Case: Suspicious Activity Reports Describe Marijuana Trafficker's Attempt to Wash, Dry and Iron "Dirty" Currency

Fraud

• Convenience Checks
• Consumer Loan Fraud 7 27
• Coupon Redemption Fraud 6 14
• Food Stamp Fraud Using Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) Cards 7 9
• Issues and Guidance: Debt Elimination Schemes
• Issues and Guidance: Health Care Fraud
• Law Enforcement Case: Bank SARs Lead to Discovery of Predatory Certificate of Deposit Fraud Scheme
• Law Enforcement Case: Bank Secrecy Act Document Analysis Helpful in Fraud Case
• Law Enforcement Case: Case for Mortgage Fraud Involving Straw Buyers Supported by SARs
• Law Enforcement Case: Computer Chip Theft Ring 3 33
• Law Enforcement Case: Conviction of Pharmacist 5 54
• Law Enforcement Case: Credit Card Theft 2 30
• Law Enforcement Case: Criminal Organization - Baby Formula 1 18
• Law Enforcement Case: Customs Fraud 1 17
• Law Enforcement Case: Embezzlement 1 16
• Law Enforcement Case: Extortion and Title 31 3 29
• Law Enforcement Case: Food Bank Theft 1 19
• Law Enforcement Case: Medicaid Fraud 1 22
• Law Enforcement Case: Money Laundering through Imported Edible Delicacies 9 34
• Law Enforcement Case: Mortgage Fraud Scheme
• Law Enforcement Case: Organized Crime & Possible Terrorist Financing
• Law Enforcement Case: Payroll Scheme with ties to Organized Crimes 10 23
• Law Enforcement Case: Proactive SAR Review Uncovers $15 Million Securities Conversion Scheme
• Law Enforcement Case: Proactive Suspicious Activity Report Review Leads to Guilty Pleas in "Cash Back" Mortgage Fraud Scheme
• Law Enforcement Case: Racketeering Scheme in Trash Hauling Industry
• Law Enforcement Case: SARs Lead to Recovery of Funds Derived from Medical Fraud
• Law Enforcement Case: Stored Value Cards
• Law Enforcement Case: Sports Card Theft 3 32
• Law Enforcement Case: Telemarketing Fraud 7 33
• Law Enforcement Case: Worker's Compensation Fraud 1 20
• Mortgage Loan Fraud Update
• Refund Anticipation Loan (RAL) Fraud 7 15
• SAR Tips: Suspicious Activity Reporting for Third Party Received of Funds Scams 10 36

Identity Theft

• Identity Theft 2 14
• Identity Theft - Update 3 24
• Industry Forum: Implementation of FACT Act May Warrant Further Analysis of ID Theft by FinCEN
• Issues & Guidance: SAR Form Completion When Reporting Identity Theft
• Law Enforcement Case: Identity Theft 9 34
• Law Enforcement Case: Organized Crime & Possible Terrorist Financing
• Law Enforcement Case: SAR's Document Transactions of International Fraud Ring
• Law Enforcement Case: Stored Value Cards
• SAR Tips: Identity Theft and Pretext Calling 3 41
• SAR Tips: Special Guidance Related to Identity Theft and Pretext Calling 2 34

Insurance

• Industry Forum: Suspicious Activity Reporting Issues Confronting the Insurance Industry
• Insurance Industry – Suspicious Activity Report Filings
• Insurance Industry Suspicious Activity Reporting: An Assesment of SAR Report Filings
• Law Enforcement Case: Bogus Life Insurance Investment Vehicle Identified through SAR Filing
• Law Enforcement Case: Insurance Embezzlement Scheme
• Law Enforcement Case: Insurance Executive Embezzled from Local Government's Self-Insured Health Fund7
• Law Enforcement Case: Insurance Fraud 10 23
• Law Enforcement Case: Money Laundering involving Insurance Industry 5 53
• Life Insurance: SAR Analysis - Indications of Suspicious Activity 5 35

International

• Global Use of SARs 2 24
• Increased SAR Reporting Involving Mexico 1 12
• Issues and Guidance: Filing SARs on Activity Outside the United States 2 35

OFAC

• Issues and Guidance: Filing SARs on OFAC List or (a) Matches 6 64
• Issues and Guidance: Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) 4 49
• Issues and Guidance: Office of Foreign Assets Control's List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons- Revised Guidance on filing Suspicious Activity Report 8 38

FATF-Egmont

• Egmont Group- Strategic Analysis Initiative 2 24
• FATF Typologies Exercise 2 23
• Law Enforcement Case: High-Yield Investment Schemes
• Terrorist Financing: Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Efforts 4 27

Schemes

• Issues and Guidance: Project STAMP (Smugglers' and Traffickers' Assets, Monies and Proceeds)
• Law Enforcement Case: Black Market Peso Exchange
• Law Enforcement Case: Embargo Investigation 2 28
• Law Enforcement Case: Illegal Money Transfers to Iran
• Law Enforcement Case: International Lottery Scheme
• Law Enforcement Case: International Money Laundering Case 4 36
• Law Enforcement Case: Metal Traders Charged in International Bank Fraud Scheme 4 36
• Law Enforcement Case: Money Laundering through Wire Transfers to South American Countries9 37
• Law Enforcement Case: Nigerian Payment Transfers Scheme
• Law Enforcement Case: SAR's Document Transactions of International Fraud Ring
• Law Enforcement Case: SAR's Detail International Payments of Drug Trafficking Ring
• Multilateral Illicit Currency Flows Study 2 23
• Russian Criminal Activity 1 12
• SAR Tips: Suspicious Activity Reporting for International Lottery Scams
• Suspicious Endorsed/Third-Party Checks Negotiated Abroad 7 11

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Investments

• Law Enforcement Case: Fraudulent Venture Capital Scheme 10 27
• Law Enforcement Case: High-Yield Investment Schemes
• Law Enforcement Case: Investment Firm CEO 5 53
• Law Enforcement Case: Investment Fraud Scheme 1 16
• Law Enforcement Case: Investment Fraud Scheme 6 43
• Law Enforcement Case: Investment Scam 3 30
• Law Enforcement Case: Stock Fraud 1 21

Iraq-Iran

• Issues and Guidance: Suspicious Activity Involving the Iraqi Dinar 8 41
• Law Enforcement Case: Illegal Money Transfers to Iran 5 51
• Law Enforcement Case: Illegal Money Transfers to Iraq 4 35
• Law Enforcement Case: Money Laundering involving Iraq 6 39
• Law Enforcement Case: Money Remitter Sending Money to Iraq 5 52

Money Services Businesses

• Analysis of All Other Inquiries to FinCEN’s Regulatory Helpline by Money Services Businesses
• Analysis of Inquiries to FinCEN’s Regulatory Helpline Regarding FinCEN’s MSB Registrant Search Web page
• Analysis of International Prepaid Card-Related SAR Filings
• Analysis of Suspicious Activity Report Inquiries by Money Services Businesses to FinCEN’s Regulatory Helpline
• Electronically Filing the Registration of Money Services Business (RMSB)
• Industry Forum: BSA Compliance by the MSB Industry 10 47
• Industry Forum: Questions and Answers on MSBs 2 38
• "Issues and Guidance: A Compilation of FinCEN’s Money Services Business (MSB) Related Guidance, Activities and Notices"
• Issues and Guidance: FAQs from FinCEN Help Line - MSB SAR Reporting Questions 6 61
• Issues and Guidance: MSB Registration and De-Registration 10 39
• Issues and Guidance: Tips for Completing the Registration of Money Services Business (RMSB) Form
• Issues and Guidance: Update from the States
• Law Enforcement Case: Black Market Peso Exchange 2 28
• Law Enforcement Case: SAR Review Team Identifies Gift Shop Operating as an Unregistered Money Services Business
• Law Enforcement Case: Check Cashing Business 3 34
• Law Enforcement Case: Illegal Casa de Cambio 3 34
• Law Enforcement Case: Stored Value Cards
• Money Services Businesses Agent Request Initiative: An Analysis of Related Calls to FinCEN’s Regulatory Helpline
• Money Services Businesses Agent Request Initiative: An Insight into the MSB Agent Population
• Money Services Businesses: SARs filed by MSBs 4 33
• SAR Data Assists IRS in MSB Registration Outreach and Education
• SAR Tips: SAR Filing Tips for MSBs 4 42
• SARs filed by Money Services Business 5 48
• Use of Traveler's Checks to Disguise Identities 3 22

Foreign Located MSB

• Foreign-Located Money Services Businesses: An Insight into the foreign-located MSB Population

Money Transmitters​

• Detection of Unlicensed/Unregistered MSBs through SAR Filings 10 5
• Industry Forum: Suspicious Activity Reporting Issues Confronting the Money Services Business
• Law Enforcement Case: Individual Operating as Unlicensed Money Transmitter 7 30
• Law Enforcement Case: Money Remitting Business Laundering Proceeds 8 28
• Law Enforcement Case: Non-Profit Organization Operating as Money Remitter 7 31
• Law Enforcement Case: Unlicensed Money Remitter 10 22
• Law Enforcement Case: Unlicensed Money Remitter ($427,000) 5 51
• Law Enforcement Case: Unlicensed Money Remitter ($1.2 million) 6 40
• Law Enforcement Case: Unlicensed Money Remitter ($3 million) 5 52
• Law Enforcement Case: Unlicensed Money Transmission Scheme 4 35
• Law Enforcement Case: Unlicensed South American Money Exchanger 7 32
• Money Transmitter Activity 2 18
• Money Transmitters may be Money Laundering Vehicle 3 17
• Regional Money Remitter Activity 1 13
• SAR Tips: Suspicious Activity Reporting for Unregistered MSBs 10 33

Informal Value Transfer System-Hawala

• An Analysis of SARs Related to Informal Value Transfer Systems Filed Before and After FinCEN's September 2010 Advisory
• Indicators of Misuse of Informal Value Transfer Systems 5 18
• Law Enforcement Case: Hawala Investigation 6 38
• Law Enforcement Case: Hawala Operation 8 26
• SAR Tips: Informal Value Transfer System--Special SAR Form Completion Guidance 5 57
• Terrorist Financing Methods: Hawalas 5 19
• Terrorist Financing Methods: Informal Value Transfer Systems 5 17
• Terrorist Financing Methods: Informal Value Transfer Systems - Update 6 6

Prepaid Access​

• Industry Forum: Taking a Second Look at AML Risks from Business Funded Prepaid Cards: It's a Whole New Ball Game

NCCT-Section 311

• Non-Cooperative Countries and Territories 1 15
• Non-Cooperative Countries and Territories 2 22
• Non-Cooperative Countries and Territories 3 27
• SAR News Update: Non-Cooperative Countries and Territories 6 68
• SAR News Update: USA PATRIOT Act: Section 311 Authority 5 62

Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)

• Challenges & Limitations of Identifying PEPs & Determining Relevant Risks
• General Regulatory Requirements Related to Corruption and PEPs
• Politically Exposed Persons: Practical Considerations and Controls
• SAR Filings on Senior Foreign Political Figures and Foreign Corruption
• SARs Filed by Depository Institutions on Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)
• Who is a Politically Exposed Person: Challenges in Identifying PEPs

Ponzi Schemes

• Law Enforcement Case: BSA Records Show Money Received through Mortgage-Related Ponzi Scheme Supported Million Dollar Gambling Habit
• Law Enforcement Case: High-Yield Investment Schemes
• Law Enforcement Case: Money Laundering and Pyramid Scheme 8 28
• Law Enforcement Case: Ponzi Scheme 2 26
• Law Enforcement Case: Ponzi Scheme 7 31
• Law Enforcement Case: Ponzi Scheme 10 19
• Law Enforcement Case: SAR Jump-Starts Investigation into Natural Resources Ponzi Scheme

Real Estate-Mortgage

• Commercial Real Estate Investment Vehicles
• Law Enforcement Case: Mortgage Elimination Scheme
• Law Enforcement Case: Mortgage Fraud Scheme
• Law Enforcement Case: Proactive Suspicious Activity Report Review Leads to Indictments in “Cash Back” Mortgage Fraud Scheme
• Law Enforcement Case: Real Estate Fraud and Embezzlement 10 21
• Law Enforcement Case: SAR Referral Leads to the Discovery of a $100 Million Mortgage Fraud and Foreclosure Rescue Scheme
• Mortgage Loan Fraud: An Update of Trends Based Upon An Analysis Suspicious Activity Reports
• Mortgage Loan Fraud Trends 10 13
• Real Estate Fraud 7 35
• Real Estate Industry - Sales and Management SARS 6 31
• Suspected Money Laundering in the Residential Real Estate Industry: An Assesment Based upon Suspicious Activity Report Filing Analysis
• The U.S. Trustee Program’s Civil Enforcement Activity Targets Bankruptcy-Related Mortgage Fraud and Mortgage Rescue Schemes

Safe Harbor

• Industry Forum: Safe Harbor Protection for Employment References 4 53
• Issues and Guidance: Applicability of Safe Harbor 2 37
• Issues and Guidance: Applicability of Safe Harbor 3 44

SAR Disclosure-Subpoena

• Issues and Guidance: Disclosure of SAR Documentation 2 36
• Issues and Guidance: Disclosure of SARs and Underlying Suspicious Activity 1 28
• Issues and Guidance: Florida Appeal Court Decision re: SAR production 6 65
• Issues and Guidance: Grand Jury Subpoenas and SARs 10 42
• Issues and Guidance: Guidance as to What to do When Asked for Production of SARs 7 45
• Issues and Guidance: SAR Confidentiality and Disclosure
• Issues and Guidance: National Security Letters and Suspicious Activity Reporting 8 35
• Issues and Guidance: Prohibition on Notification 2 36
• Issues and Guidance: Providing SARs to Appropriate Law Enforcement 9 43
• Issues and Guidance: SAR Disclosure as part of Civil Litigation 4 50
• Issues and Guidance: SAR Rulings: SAR Disclosure 5 66

SAR Form-Filing

• Avoiding Common Errors in SAR Filings
• FAQ: Characterizations of Suspicious Activity
• FAQ: General SAR Filing Assistance
• FAQ: Verification of SAR Filing
• Issues and Guidance: Clarifying Regulatory Obligations Regarding Continuing Activity SAR Filings
• Issues and Guidance: Currency Transaction Report and Suspicious Activity Report: Reading with Context
• Issues and Guidance: Date of "Initial Detection" and the 30-Day SAR Clock
• Issues and Guidance: Definitions and Criminal Statutes for SAR Characterizations
• Issues and Guidance: Filing SARs on Continuing Activity after Law Enforcement Contact 2 35
• Issues and Guidance: Repeated SAR Filings on Same Activity 1 27
• Issues and Guidance: Timing for SAR filings 1 27
• Issues and Guidance: When does the 30-day Time Period for Filing SARs Begin? 10 44
• Law Enforcement Suggestions When Preparing Suspicious Activity Reportsr
• SAR Characterizations "Other"
• SAR News Update: Proposed Revision to Suspicious Activity Report 5 62
• SAR Tips: Continued SAR Filings When No Law Enforcement Action Has Been Taken 10 35
• SAR Tips: Date to Use When Correcting Previously Filed SARs
• SAR Tips: Filing a Corrected or Amended SAR 4 42
• SAR Tips: Filing a SAR for Ongoing or Supplemental Information 4 43
• SAR Tips: Importance of the Narrative 2 32
• SAR Tips: Individual Tax Identification Numbers and Social Security Numbers
• SAR Tips: Insignificant SAR Filing Errors 9 42
• SAR Tips: Instructions for Completing the SAR Form 6 50
• SAR Tips: Problems with Taxpayer Identification Numbers 9 39
• SAR Tips: SAR Form Preparation and Filing 1 24
• SAR Tips: SAR Guidance Package 7 37
• SAR Tips: SAR Forms: Where to Send Completed SAR Forms 5 58
• SAR Tips: SAR Forms: Where to Send Completed SAR Forms 6 57
• Voluntary SAR Filings 2 19
• Voluntary SAR Filings 3 26
• Writing Effective SAR Narratives

FinCEN SAR-Filing​

• Issues and Guidance: Analysis of Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) Inquiries Received by FinCEN's Regulatory Helpline
• Issues and Guidance: Suspicious Activity Report (SAR): Back to the Basics
• Issues and Guidance: Writing Effective SAR Narratives

Section 314-Information Sharing

• Issues and Guidance: FAQs from FinCEN Help Line - 314a Process 6 59
• Issues and Guidance: PATRIOT Act Communications System 5 65
• Issues and Guidance: USA PATRIOT Act: 314(a) Information Requests 5 66
• Law Enforcement Case: SARs and 314(b) Call Lead to Guilty Plea in Ponzi Scheme
• Section 314 (b): To Share or Not to Share?
• USA PATRIOT Act 314(a) Progress Report (February 2003 - October 2003) 6 37
• USA PATRIOT Act 314(a) Progress Update (February 2003 - May 2004) 7 29
• Voluntary Information Sharing- Section 314(b) of the USA Patriot Act (31 CFR 103.110)

Securities-Broker/Dealers

• An Assessment of Suspicious Activity Reports Filed by the Securities and Futures Industry
• Broker-Dealer SARs - The First Year 7 20
• Industry Forum: Ensuring Effective Broker-Dealer SAR Programs
• Industry Forum: USA PATRIOT Act's Full Weight Placed on Securities Firms 9 47
• Issues & Guidance: Identifying and Reporting Suspicious Transactions for Introducing and Clearing Broker-Dealers
• Law Enforcement Case: Guilty Pleas in International Hedge Fund Case Initiated from SARs
• Law Enforcement Case: Securities Dealer 2 28
• Law Enforcement Case: Securities Dealer Provides Details of High Yield Investment Program Scheme
• Securities Industry: SAR Analysis -Indications of Suspicious Activity 5 38
• Securities and Futures Industries - SAR Analysis 9 5
• Securities and Futures Industries SARs: The First Quarter 6 23
• Suspicious Activity Reports in the Securities Industry: How to File a SAR, How SARs are Used, and the Consequences for Failure to File
• Suspicious Activity Reviews by Securities Regulators

Structuring

• Law Enforcement Case: Conviction of Elected Official
• Law Enforcement Case: Defendant Pleads Guilty in Structuring Case
• Law Enforcement Case: Drug Trafficker Pleads Guilty to Structuring and Money Laundering Charges
• Law Enforcement Cases: Failure to Follow Reporting Requirements
• Law Enforcement Case: Jewelry Store Owner Fails to Report Large Cash Transaction, Structures Proceeds from Drug Trafficking
• Law Enforcement Case: Judge Rules Defendant Guilty of Structuring; No Connection to Criminal Activity Alleged
• Law Enforcement Case: Jury Convicts Defendant of Structuring, No Illicit Origin of Funds Alleged
• Law Enforcement Case: Mail Fraud and Structuring by Attorney 9 36
• Law Enforcement Case: Mortgage Broker Pleads Guilty to Structuring Charges
• Law Enforcement Case: Paralegal Found Guilty at Trial on Structuring Charges
• Law Enforcement Case: Proactive SAR Review Leads to Guilty Plea for Money Remitter Structuring Transactions
• Law Enforcement Case: Proactive SAR Review Leads to Guilty Pleas in Structuring, Bank Fraud Case
• Law Enforcement Case: Proactive SAR Search Leads to Guilty Plea in Tax Fraud Investigation
• Law Enforcement Case: Restaurant Owner Pleads Guilty to a Charge of Structuring Bank Deposits/a>
• Law Enforcement Case: SARs Lead to Structuring and Tax Convictions
• Law Enforcement Case: SAR Leads to Discovery of $1.8 Million Hidden in House
• Law Enforcement Case: SAR Leads to Guilty Plea in Case Against Doctor
• Law Enforcement Case: SAR Leads to Serial Mortgage Fraud Offender
• Law Enforcement Case: SAR Leads to Structuring Conviction for Mortgage Broker
• Law Enforcement Case: State Jury Convicts Defendant of Structuring to Avoid BSA Reporting Requirments
• Law Enforcement Case: Structuring and Tax Charges
• Law Enforcement Case: Structuring Charges Help Elderly Victim Recover Stolen Funds
• Law Enforcement Case: Structured Deposits Exceeding $700,000 7 34
• Law Enforcement Case: Structured Deposits Totaling $500,000
• Law Enforcement Case: Structuring and Food Stamp Fraud 4 37
• Law Enforcement Case: Structuring and Tax Evasion 9 35
• Law Enforcement Case: Structuring and Tax Evasion by Service Company Owner 9 36
• Law Enforcement Case: Structuring by Automobile Dealership
• Law Enforcement Case: Structuring by Three Family Members 4 37
• Mailbag & Feedback - Review of BSA/Structuring/Money Laundering Violation on SAR Forms 7 53
• Percentage of SARs Reporting Structuring 3 25

Suspicious Activity in Various Industries

• 2011 Depository Institution Suspicious Activity Reports Related to Possible Unregistered or Unlicensed Money Services Businesses
• Analysis of Suspicious Activity Reports by Depository Institutions (SAR-DIs) Containing the Terms "Debt Relief" and "Debt Settlement"
• An Assessment of Suspicious Activity Reports filed by Card Clubs and Casinos
• Analysis of Inquiries from Casinos and Card Clubs Regarding Suspicious Activity Reporting Requirements
• Automobile Retail Industry: SAR Analysis - Indications of Suspicious Activity 5 27
• Boat/Yacht Retail Industry: SAR Analysis - Indications of Suspicious Activity 5 31
• Law Enforcement Case: Attorney and Three Accomplices Convicted in Multi-Million Dollar
• Industry Forum: Cash for Gold: Where the Rubber Meets the Road
• Law Enforcement Case: Escort Service Operates at and Launders Money through Casino
• Law Enforcement Case: Money Laundering by RV Dealer 3 30
• Law Enforcement Case: Structuring by Automobile Dealership
• Law Enforcement Case: Travel Agent 2 29
• Pawn Brokers: SAR Analysis - Indications of Suspicious Activity 5 33
• Pre-paid Telephone Cards 2 19
• Travel Industry: SAR Analysis - Indications of Suspicious Activity 5 25

Tax Cases

• Law Enforcement Case: Former Banker Sentenced for Avoiding IRS Reporting 4 37
• Law Enforcement Case: High-Yield Investment Schemes
• Law Enforcement Case: Proactive SAR Search Leads to Guilty Plea in Tax Fraud Investigation
• Law Enforcement Case: SARs are Catalyst in Investigation of $13.1 Million Tax Fraud Conspiracy
• Law Enforcement Case: Tax Evasion by a Business Owner 8 27
• Law Enforcement Case: Tax Evasion Case 4 38
• Law Enforcement Case: Tax Evasion Case 9 35

Terrorist Activity

• Law Enforcement Case: (a) Results Enhance Material Support for Terrorism Case 7 30
• Law Enforcement Case: Terrorism Investigation 8 25
• SAR Tips: Terrorist-Related Activity: How to report potential terrorist-related activity 4 41
• SAR Tips: Terrorist-Related Activity: How to report potential terrorist-related activity 5 55
• SAR Tips: Terrorist-Related Activity: How to report potential terrorist-related activity 6 53
• SARs Filed Referring to Terrorism (Prior to 09/112001 & 09/112001 through 03/31/2002) 4 25
• SARs Filed that Refer to Terrorism (March -September 2002) 5 21
• Terrorist Financing: Aspects of Financial Transactions that May e Terrorist Financing 4 17
• Terrorist Financing: FinCEN Analysis of SAR Filings and other BSA information 4 19
• Terrorist Financing Suspicious Activity Reports 8 5
• Terrorist Financing: Terrorism and Terrorist Financing 6 3
• Terrorist Financing: Reconstruction of Hijacker's Financial Activities 4 18
• Terrorist Financing Methods: Coupon Redemption Fraud 6 14
• Terrorist Financing Methods: Non-Profit Organizations 5 21
• Terrorist Financing Methods: SAR Filers Identify Suspicious Monetary Instruments Clearing Through International Cash Letters 6 12

Use of SAR Data

• 2008 State BSA Data Profiles: Valuable Feedback from States Results in Significant Enhancements
• A View from Miami: By A Supervisory Special Agent of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• BSA Data Assists Oklahoma in MSB Licensing
• Credit Union Cooperatives
• Detection of Unlicensed/Unregistered MSBs through SAR Filings -- Pre & Post Guidance Comparison
• Issues and Guidance: Suspicious Activity Reports: Not Just for Law Enforcement
• Law Enforcement Case: Bank Secrecy Act Records Detail Transactions Related to Illicit Smoke Shop Sales
• Law Enforcement Case: BSA Data Identifies Links in ATF Cases
• Law Enforcement Case: BSA Data Instrumental in Drug Cases
• Law Enforcement Case: BSA Data Integral to FBI Information Mapping Technology 10 17
• Law Enforcement Case: BSA Data Leads to $18 Million Seizure 7 31
• Law Enforcement Case: FinCEN Data Proves to be Instrumental in Fraud Case
• Law Enforcement Case: Importance of SAR Reporting to Law Enforcement Investigations 3 37
• Law Enforcement Case: SARs/CTRs Lead to Asset Forfeiture
• Mortgage Loan Fraud: An Update of Trends Based Upon An Analysis Suspicious Activity Reports
• Priorities and Initiatives of the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section (AFMLS), United States Department of Justice
• Role of SARs in High Risk Money Laundering and Related Financial Crime Areas 1 14
• SAR Characterizations "Other"
• State and Local Law Enforcement Use of SAR Data 3 33
• State and Local Law Enforcement Use of SAR Data 4 39
• State and Local Law Enforcement Use of SAR Data 6 45
• State and Local Law Enforcement Use of SAR Data 7 35
• Suspicious Activity Reports Valuable in Oversight Role of Federal Banking Agencies
• Use and Protection of BSA Data Are Important to Nebraska Regulator

Miscellaneous

• Law Enforcement Cases


• Law Enforcement Case: BSA Records "Critical" in Conviction of Money Launderer in Organized Retail Theft Case
• Law Enforcement Case: BSA Records, Tellers' Testimony Lead to Convictions for Medicare Fraud, Structuring and Money Laundering
• Law Enforcement Case: BSA Records help Launch Investigation on Convicted Felon Not Complying with Restitution Order
• Law Enforcement Case: BSA records Track Money laundering Methods of Drug Gang
• Law Enforcement Case: BSA Reports Cast Doubts on Alleged Victim's Story, Lead to Investigations and Indictment for Money Laundering and Operating Illegal Online Pharmacy
• Law Enforcement Case: BSA Report Leads to Investigation Involving Immigration Violations, Money Laundering at Food Product Supplier
• Law Enforcement Cases: Cases from an Attorney General's Office
• Law Enforcement Case: Charity Evades Reporting Requirement 8 26
• Law Enforcement Case: Check Cashing
• Law Enforcement Case: Conviction for Making False Statements
• Law Enforcement Case: Conviction of Elected Official
• Law Enforcement Case: Doctor Pleads Guilty to Charges Related to Failure to Comply with BSA Reporting Requirements for Overseas Accounts
• Law Enforcement Cases: Elder Abuse
• Law Enforcement Cases: Embezzlement
• Law Enforcement Cases: Failure to Follow Reporting Requirements
• Law Enforcement Cases: Fraud
• Law Enforcement Case: High-Yield Investment Schemes
• Law Enforcement Cases: Identity Theft
• Law Enforcement Cases: Illegal Exports
• Law Enforcement Case: Illicit Wire Activity Destined for Sanctioned Country
• Law Enforcement Case: International Lottery Scheme
• Law Enforcement Case: Money Laundering in Maryland 4 39
• Law Enforcement Case: Operation Cheque Mate 9 31
• Law Enforcement Case: Operation Mule Train 1 18
• Law Enforcement Case: Organized Crime Network 1 18
• Law Enforcement Case: Proactive Currency Transaction Report Reviews Lead to Tax Cheats
• Law Enforcement Case: Proactive SAR Review Identifies Retired U.S. Military Officer Involved in Bribery Scheme
• Law Enforcement Case: Proactive SAR Review Leads to Guilty Plea on Conspiracy and Money Laundering Charges
• Law Enforcement Case: SARs Identify Huge Check-Kiting Scheme by Auto Dealer
• Law Enforcement Case: SAR Initiates Case that Leads to Guilty Pleas for Hiring Illegal Aliens
• Law Enforcement Cases: State Agency Cases
• Law Enforcement Cases: Stolen Cars
• Law Enforcement Case: Suspicious Activity Reports Document International Payments Underlying Illicit Human Growth Hormone Trafficking
• Law Enforcement Cases: Welfare Fraud

Tips-News

• Bank Secrecy Act Compliance Challenges in an Environment of Declining Revenue
• Distinguishing Between Bank Secrecy Act SARs and National Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiatives
• FAQ: Account Closure
• Helping Your Board of Directors to Understand the Value of Bank Secrecy Act Information
• Industry Forum: An Overview of Suspicious Activity Report Training Elements in 2005 8 43
• Industry Forum: Number of SAR Filings Should Not Determine Adequate SAR Program 7 49
• Industry Forum: Recommended Procedures for Protecting Customer Information 3 45
• Industry Forum: Some Tips for Auditing the Suspicious Activity Reporting Program 6 71
• Issues and Guidance: BSA Guidance - IRS Computing Center / FinCEN Help Line & Website 6 65
• Issues and Guidance: Cessation of Relationship/Closure of Account 1 27
• Issues and Guidance: Financial Institutions Hotline 3 43
• Issues and Guidance: Global Resolution of Potential Enforcement Actions
• SAR News Update: Expansion of PACS 6 67
• SAR News Update: Expansion of SAR and AML Compliance Requirements to New Industries 4 46
• SAR News Update: Expansion of SAR Requirements to New Industries 5 61
• SAR News Update: Financial Industries Required to File SARs 6 69
• SAR News Update: FinCEN's Financial Institutions Hotline 4 45
• SAR Tips: Definitions and Criminal Statutes for SAR Characterizations of Suspicious Activity 7 39
• SAR Tips: Documenting Decisions Not To File SARs 10 38
• SAR Tips: Frequently Asked Questions Received on FinCEN's Regulatory Helpline 8 29
• SAR Tips: How do I ...? 7 38
• SAR Tips: Importance of Accurate and Complete Narratives 5 55
• SAR Tips: Improvements to Eliminate Reporting Deficiencies 6 49
• SAR Tips: Questioning Individuals about Potentially Suspicious Activity 10 35
• SAR Tips: SAR Form Completion Rate-National Overview 1 25
• SAR Tips: Suspicious Activity at a Location Other than the Institution 9 40
• SAR Tips: Suspicious Activity without a Loss to the Institution 9 41
• SAR Tips: Tips from the Regulators 6 54
• Update: Elder Financial Exploitation

Other

• Analysis of SAR Inquiries Received by FinCEN's Regulatory Helpline (Issue 16)
• Analysis of SAR Inquiries Received by FinCEN's Regulatory Helpline (Issue 18)
• Analysis of SAR Inquiries Received by FinCEN’s Regulatory Helpline (Issue 20)
• Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Programs and Nevada’s Casino Industry – Training and the Methods Used for Detection of Money Laundering and Fraud
• Assessment of Remote Deposit Capture (RDC) Risks
• Director's Forum: Issue 8 8 3
• Director's Forum: Issue 9 9 3
• Director's Forum: Issue 10 10 3
• Director's Forum: Issue 12
• Director's Forum: Issue 13
• Director's Forum: Issue 14
• Director's Forum: Issue 15
• Director's Forum: Issue 16
• Director's Forum: Issue 18
• Director's Forum: Issue 19
• Director's Forum: Issue 20
• Director's Forum: Issue 21
• Feedback Form: Issue 18
• Feedback Form: Issue 19
• Feedback Form: Issue 20
• Feedback Form: Issue 21
• Feedback Form: Issue 22
• Index of Topics from Previous SAR Activity Review Issues 6 85
• Industry Forum: Auditing an AML Program -What's New (Update)
• Industry Forum: Collaboration
• Industry Forum: FinCEN & Regulatory Agencies Respond to Industry Forum Comments 7 51
• Issues & Guidance: Global Resolution of Potential Enforcement Actions
• Issues and Guidance: Organized Retail Crime – A Multi-Billion Dollar Problem
• Mailbag - Questions from the Industry 3 49
• Mailbag and Feedback 6 79
• SAR Activity Review Customer Satisfaction Survey Results
• The SAR Activity Review – By the Numbers as a Resource
• Trends in and Benefits of FinCEN's BSA E-Filing System