The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is issuing this advisory to highlight loan modification/foreclosure rescue scams so that financial institutions may better assist law enforcement when filing Suspicious Activity Reports. This guidance is consistent with the Department of the…
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This spring, FinCEN will transfer all information for money services businesses (MSBs) to its main Web site. Once the conversion is complete, users will find all of the same information on the new Web site as is currently available. FinCEN will notify users once the transfer of information has…
VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today announced the selection of Nicholas Colucci as head of the bureau's Analysis and Liaison Division (ALD).
"FinCEN is pleased to have Nicholas Colucci in this key position," said FinCEN Director James H. Freis, Jr. "As…
Good morning. I am honored to open this morning’s panel which will provide an industry update in the fight against mortgage fraud. Among the considerable challenges facing the mortgage finance industry - from reduced originations, to an unprecedented volume of repurchase requests, and a record…
VIENNA, Va. - The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today released a new report that shows subjects reported for suspected mortgage loan fraud may also be involved in other financial crimes such as check fraud, money laundering,…
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-…