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By Prof. William H. Byrnes IV and Dr. Robert J. Munro * Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from the e-book only title, Money Laundering, Asset Forfeiture and Recovery and Compliance -- A Global Guide , by William Byrnes and Robert Munro...

by Prof. William H. Byrnes IV and Robert H. Munro * The Bank Secrecy Act, which sets standards for financial institutions for identifying and preventing money laundering, provides that a Currency Transaction Report, or CTR, must be filed with IRS when...

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has assessed a civil money penalty against Saleh H. Adam, doing business as Adam Service, a money services business (MSB), after determining that, since November 2007, Adam Service committed serious and...

J.P.Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., has admitted that it willfully violated the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) by failing to report suspicious transactions arising out of Bernard Madoff’s decades-long, multi-billion dollar fraudulent Ponzi scheme. The bank...

[ Editor's Note: This narrative is derived from Taxation of Financial Institutions § 26.04 (Matthew Bender).] Under the Bank Secrecy Act, financial institutions must report and maintain records for transactions in cash or currency that exceed...

By Robb Chase and Amanda Pugh On February 14, 2012, the Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued Notice 2012-1, which extended the filing deadline for both the 2010 and 2011 Report of Foreign Bank and Financial...

By Robb Chase and Amanda Pugh On February 14, 2012, the Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued Notice 2012-1, which extended the filing deadline for both the 2010 and 2011 Report of Foreign Bank and Financial...

by the Consumer Financial Services Group The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has published in the Federal Register its long-awaited final rule on "prepaid access" (formerly known as "stored value"). The result was worth...

by Carol Tello, Dwane Dupree, and Robb Chase On May 31, 2011, in FinCEN Notice 2011-1, the Department of Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) extended the 2010 Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Accounts (FBAR) filing deadline...

James H. Freis, Jr., Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, let us know that his agency is working on anti-money laundering requirements for investment advisers. At a November 15, 2011 speech at the American Bankers Association/American...

by Keith R. Fisher As part of the U.S. Treasury Department’s ongoing efforts to combat all forms of illicit financial activity, from terrorist financing and sanctions evasion to more traditional financial crimes (including money laundering, fraud...

Private Equity has been siting on the fringes of Anti-money laundering regulation for many years. It's still illegal to be involved in money laundering and fund managers should be taking some steps to protect themselves and to identify problems...

[ Editor's Note: This narrative is derived from Taxation of Financial Institutions § 26.04 (Matthew Bender).] Under the Bank Secrecy Act, financial institutions must report and maintain records for transactions in cash or currency that exceed...

by Prof. William H. Byrnes IV and Dr. Robert J. Munro Introduction A Politically Exposed Person (PEP) is a person that has been delegated with a powerful, foreign public position either formerly or currently. Family members and close associates...

View Media Making Sense of the Announcements In the past week, two extensions for filing a Report of Foreign Bank and Financial Account (FBAR) were announced by the IRS and FinCEN for certain persons that are required to file FBARs solely...