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FinCEN and Address Confidentiality Programs

How do you open a bank account when you are hiding from domestic violence? The rules implementing the Bank Secrecy Act require a financial institution to implement a Customer Identification Program that includes procedures that enable it to form a reasonable belief that it knows the true identity of its customers. The rules also require [...]

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James H. Fries, Jr. on The Objectives and Conduct of Bank Secrecy Act Enforcement

James H. Fries, Jr., the Director of Financial Crimes Enforcement Network at the U.S. Department of Treasury spoke about The Objectives and Conduct of Bank Secrecy Act Enforcement at the ABA/ABA Money Laundering Enforcement Conference in Washington D.C. on October 20, 2008. “An essential principle of FinCEN’s enforcement program is to uphold the public policy [...]

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