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VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is reminding the public to be alert to ongoing financial scams that attempt to solicit funds from unsuspecting victims. In some of these scams, individuals misrepresent themselves as FinCEN officials and try to trick victims into…

FIN-2008-R008Issued: June 3, 2008Subject: Bank Secrecy Act Obligations of a U.S. Clearing Broker-Dealer Establishing a Fully Disclosed Clearing Relationship with a Foreign Financial Institution Dear [ ]: I am responding to your letter of April 15, 2008 to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network…

I am responding to your request for an administrative ruling, dated June 12, 2007, on behalf of [ ] (the "Company") to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network ("FinCEN"). You have requested a ruling regarding whether the Company is a money services business, as that term is defined in our…

I am responding to your letters dated September 14, 2005, and March 21 and May 3, 2006, requesting an administrative ruling as to whether [ ], which serves as an authorized agent for the receipt of utility payments, is a money services business as that term is defined in our regulations.1…

You may access the corrected document at https://www.fincen.gov/resources/financial-institutions/casinos then click on the "HTML Only" link under "Important Information for Casinos"

VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network issued today the latest edition of The SAR Activity Review - By The Numbers. This report compiles the numerical data gathered from Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) filed through the 2007 calendar year. While this report does not analyze…

CTRC Electronic Specification, page 34, 2C Record, ID Number (positions 257-278) and Customer Account Number (279-300). Current specs say to right justify the entry and space fill any unused positions. THIS IS IN ERROR. The correct instruction should read LEFT JUSTIFY the entry and space fill any…

FIN-2008-R005Issued: March 10, 2008Subject: Whether Certain Reloadable Card Operations are Money ServicesBusinesses This letter is in response to a request from [Service Company], a subsidiary of [Parent], dated June 6, 2007, to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) for an…

VIENNA, Va. - James H. Freis, Jr., Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), this week announced the selection of Amy L. Taylor as Chief Information Officer (CIO) and the Associate Director of FinCEN's Technology Solutions and Services Division. Ms. Taylor will oversee the…