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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-…

Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Report of International Transportation of Currency or Monetary Instruments
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…

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

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

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
Confidentiality of Suspicious Activity Reports
Interpretive Guidance – Sharing Suspicious Activity Reports by Depository Institutions with Certain U.S. Affiliates
Confidentiality of Suspicious Activity Reports – Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (RIN 1506–AA99)
Sharing Suspicious Activity Reports by Securities Broker-Dealers, Mutual Funds, Futures Commission Merchants, and Introducing Brokers in Commodities with Certain U.S. Affiliates – Proposed Guidance
FinCEN to Expand Financial Institutions’ Ability to Share Information Internally on Suspicious Activity

VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has proposed revised rules and new guidance that permit certain affiliates of depository institutions as well as broker-dealers in securities, mutual funds, futures commission merchants, and introducing brokers in commodities, to…