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Department of Justice News Release: Check Cashers in Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Los Angeles Charged for Alleged Violations of Anti-Money Laundering Laws
| Guidance
Guidance on Determining Eligibility for Exemption from Currency Transaction Reporting Requirements

This document revises the guidance originally published on August 31, 2009, to implement the following changes:

  • Relevant citations have been updated to reflect the final rule transferring FinCEN's regulations from 31 CFR § 103 to 31 C.F.R. Chapter X, effective March 1, 2011, and…
| Administrative Ruling
Definition of Precious Metals in the Interim Final Rule Requiring Anti-Money Laundering Programs for Dealers in Precious Metals, Stones, or Jewels

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Ruling

FIN-2012-R002
Issued: May 25, 2011
Subject: Definition of Precious Metals in the Interim Final Rule Requiring
Anti-Money Laundering Programs for Dealers in Precious
Metals, Stones, or Jewels…

| Administrative Ruling
Application of the Prepaid Access Rule to Bank-Controlled Programs

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Ruling

FIN-2012-R003
Issued: May 23, 2012
Subject: Application of the Prepaid Access Rule to Bank-Controlled Programs

Dear [ ]:
I am responding to your letter, dated…

| Federal Register Notice
Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations—Requirement That Clerks of Court Report Certain Currency Transactions
| Federal Register Notice
Amendment to the Bank Secrecy Act Regulations—Exemption From the Requirement To Report Transactions in Currency
| News
Department of Justice News Release: Texas Resident Sentenced to 15 Months in Prison for Scheme to Defraud the U.S. Export-import Bank
| News
FinCEN to Receive Currency Reports from Clerks of Court Information Collection Will Not Increase Costs

VIENNA, Va. – The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) today released a new rule, Requirement That Clerks of Court Report Certain Currency Transactions, requiring clerks of court to file currency reports with…

| Federal Register Notice
Imposition of Special Measure against JSC CredexBank as a Financial Institution of Primary Money Laundering Concern
| Special Measure
JSC CredexBank