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December 20, 2011

FinCEN is Serious: No Disclosing SARs

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it assessed of a $25,000 civil money penalty against an individual for violation of Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) prohibitions against disclosing suspicious activity reports ("SARs").

The individual contacted the subject of a bank SAR, disclosed existence of the report, and extracted bribes from the subject of the report.  The individual was convicted in a criminal case of bribery and unlawful SAR disclosure in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

LInk to FinCEN announcement:  http://www.fincen.gov/news_room/nr/pdf/20111215.pdf

(ag) Dec. 20, 2011, in BSA/AML

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