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| SAR Technical Bulletin
SAR Activity Review Issue 2
| Enforcement Action
In the Matter of Rainbow Casino Vicksburg
| News
Feedback on Suspicious Activity Reporting Released at ABA/ABA Money Laundering Seminar
A mechanism for providing feedback to financialinstitutions about a key anti-money laundering reporting requirement onsuspicious activity was put in place with the release today of TheSAR Activity Review – Trends, Tips and Issues.The Reviewwas released at the 12th Annual American Bankers…
| Enforcement Action
In the Matter of Casa De Cambio Rega
| SAR Technical Bulletin
SAR Activity Review Issue 1
| Administrative Ruling
Currency Transaction Reporting: Guidance on Completing CTR Section A "Person(s) on Whose Behalf Transaction(s) is Conducted
Dear [ ]: You have asked how [ ](the "Bank") should properly report certain currency transactionson Form 4789 (a "CTR") in the circumstances described below. Your question was originallyraised in a letter dated August 16, 2000, which was forwarded to the Financial CrimesEnforcement Network (“FinCEN…
| Guidance
CTR Exemption Regulation Amended to Include MMDAs
On July 28, 2000, FinCEN published an Interim Rule in the Federal Register (65 FR 46356-46361) amending the CTR exemption regulation at 31 CFR Section 103.22(d). Provisions of this Interim Rule became effective on July 31, 2000. The Interim Rule addresses several issues brought to FinCEN's…
| Federal Register Notice
Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations—Exemptions From the Requirement to Report Transactions in Currency
| Enforcement Action
In the Matter of D & S Check Cashing, Inc. and Michael Rose
| News
REVISED SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY REPORT FORM (SAR)
The five federal financial institutions supervisory agencies - the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Administration, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Office of Thrift Supervision - together…