Question 6

A money transmitter's nation-wide agent network remits funds to a country in Africa on behalf of an immigrant community based in the United States. A terrorist group is known to operate openly in this African country. In reviewing transaction records, the compliance officer detects a pattern where two customers together visit the same agent each week and remit the same amount of funds, $2,500, to the same recipient in the country in Africa.
What should alert the compliance officer to possible money laundering or terrorist financing activity by the two customers?
  • Question 7

    Which is a key characteristic of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Regional Style Bodies for combatting money laundering/terrorist financing?
  • Question 8

    Because financial institutions must sort through thousands of transactions each day, which risk-based factors should an institution's system for monitoring and reporting suspicious activity focus on?
  • Question 9

    A government has instituted a new anti-money laundering laws which require all financial institutions to obtain certain information from its customers.
    Which step should an institution located in this jurisdiction take to ensure compliance?
  • Question 10

    According to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, after an initial suspicious activity report has been filed for a customer, a financial institution must perform a continuing review of the account for a period of how many days?