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Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)

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Virtual Currency (aka Digital Currency or Digital Money) is a type of currency or medium of exchange that is not issued by any government nor guaranteed by a government currency. Despite lacking legal tender status, Virtual Currency is still traded and exchanged in some environments, typically online environments or communities. Bitcoin is the most well-known form of Virtual Currency. less -

FinCEN’s Focus on Cryptocurrency Kiosks and Financial Crime

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/26/2025

On August 4, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued Notice FIN-2025-NTC1 (the “Notice”) to address mounting concerns over regulatory risks related to convertible virtual currency (“CVC”) kiosks, also...more

Hamas, Terrorist Financing, and Cryptocurrency

Ballard Spahr LLP on 12/8/2023

The October 7, 2023 attacks on Israel by Hamas have re-focused U.S. government efforts to identify and counter funding streams for Hamas and terrorist activity in general – including, in particular, through the use of...more

The CFTC Begins Policing AML Enforcement

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/22/2020

Financial institutions with anti-money laundering responsibilities under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) take note: there’s a new sheriff in town. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission recently finished its fiscal year with...more

FinCEN Director Emphasizes AML Priorities for Casinos, Sports Wagering, Mobile Gaming, and Card Clubs in Las Vegas Speech

Blank Rome LLP on 8/22/2019

As underscored in a recent speech by the director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), compliance officers should ensure that their anti-money laundering (“AML”) programs are current with FinCEN’s...more

New FinCEN Cryptocurrency Guidance Clarifies Applicability of Anti-Money Laundering Regulations to Virtual Currency Business...

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 5/24/2019

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is the U.S. Treasury Department bureau charged with monitoring financial transactions in order to combat domestic and international money laundering, terrorist financing and...more

FinCEN Director Continues to Push Value of SARs and Other BSA Data

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/20/2018

As we just blogged, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) Director Kenneth Blanco recently touted the value of Suspicious Activity Reports (“SARs”) in the context of discussing anti-money laundering (“AML”)...more

FinCEN Director Addresses Virtual Currency and Touts Regulatory Leadership and Value of SAR Filings

Ballard Spahr LLP on 8/13/2018

Address Emphasizes Role of SARs in Fighting Illegal Activity, Including Drug Dealing Fueling the Opioid Crisis - Kenneth Blanco, the Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”), discussed last week...more

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