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Question #: 236
Topic #: 1
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Martha Whitmire, the BSA Compliance Officer for First National Bank, is responsible for monitoring the bank's daily currency activity and wire transfers, for compliance with information retention and reporting requirements. Ms. Whitmire notices during her review on March 10 that, during the previous two weeks, a transaction occurred on the same account several times during the week. The activity appeared at one branch office as cash deposits in dollar amounts under the reporting thresholds. Ms. Whitmire discusses this activity with the branch manager and determines that this same deposit activity occurred several times during the previous six weeks. She then conducts a more extensive examination of the account's activity for several months and discovers that cash deposits were made at one branch office and purchases of bank cashiers checks were made by withdrawals from the same account at a different branch office. All withdrawals and purchases of cashier's checks were for the identical amount as the cash deposits. Which statement best describes Ms. Whitmire's responsibility?

  • A. Complete a CTR for each of the cash activities at the branch office
  • B. Make no report of the activities because the transactions were not discovered until after the 15-day reporting deadline
  • C. Report the account activity to senior management for further review
  • D. Report the account activity as suspicious account activity and recommend that a SAR be filed
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Suggested Answer: D 🗳️

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Cam22
4 months ago
Selected Answer: D
The correct answer is D. Report the account activity as suspicious account activity and recommend that a SAR be filed. Ms. Whitmire's discovery of structured transactions—cash deposits made under the reporting thresholds followed by withdrawals for the purchase of cashier's checks in identical amounts—suggests an effort to avoid triggering currency transaction reporting requirements, which is a common indicator of money laundering or other illicit activities. Given these circumstances and her role as the BSA Compliance Officer, Ms. Whitmire's responsibility is to recognize the activity as suspicious and recommend the filing of a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) to document and report these findings in compliance with Bank Secrecy Act regulations.
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