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Originally Posted by Danzig
your comment made me look for more info.
The U.S. Justice Department’s criminal head said banks may need to go beyond filing suspicious activity reports when they encounter a risky customer.
“The vast majority of financial institutions file suspicious activity reports when they suspect that an account is connected to nefarious activity,” said assistant attorney general Leslie Caldwell in a Monday speech, according to prepared remarks. “But, in appropriate cases, we encourage those institutions to consider whether to take more action: specifically, to alert law enforcement authorities about the problem.”
now, i'm sure one could turn this into 'cops calling people on 5k withdrawals'...but it seems the original article may be hysterical hyperbole.
we encourage to consider doesn't mean 'call the cops every time or else'.
well, to me it doesn't.
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I am hopeful that they would only do it in extreme cases where there was good reason to believe that a crime was committed. But considering their track record, I doubt it. Look at what they did to these totally innocent people:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/us...ired.html?_r=1