On December 16, 2021, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”) and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued civil monetary penalties against a Texas community bank for violations of the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”). The consent orders read like a veritable “how not to” for reviewing anti-money laundering alerts.
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Sarah Aberg
Sarah Aberg is special counsel in the White Collar Defense and Corporate Investigations Group in the firm's New York office.
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The Department of Justice Sets Cryptocurrency Squarely in its Sights
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The Department of Justice is aggressively scrutinizing participants in the cryptocurrency markets—including “financial institutions working with cryptocurrency”—to thwart the use of the technology as a vehicle for money laundering and other illegal activity.
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