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#1731219 - 08/15/12 05:37 PM Over $3000.00 cash - Cashier's Check
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Had an interesting transaction today; hopefully someone can help?

Customer came in and made a $5000.00 cash deposit into their business account. Customer then, via tickets, made a $5000.00 transfer from their business account into their personal account. Customer then, via ticket, made a $5000.00 withdrawal in the form of a Cashier's Check.

I was told by our Fraud Department that I had to fill out the form for a customer purchasing a Cashier's Check for more than $3000.00 in cash. While I can see the Fraud Department's point, techinically, the customer DIDN'T purchase a Cashier's Check with cash; they did it via withdrawal from their account. My suggestion, rather, was to fill out a SAR.

All of the above was to leave a "trail" for business purposes. My other argument was: what if the customer made the deposit, then left and did the transfer via online banking, then came into a different branch to do the withdrawal. To me, that would be even more suspicious.

I'm not here to argure with our Fraud Department, but am curious: do I truly need to fill out the special form?

Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.

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#1731227 - 08/15/12 05:40 PM Re: Over $3000.00 cash - Cashier's Check Anonymous
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What "speacial form" are you referring to? Filing a SAR seems appropriate here.

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#1731357 - 08/15/12 07:15 PM Re: Over $3000.00 cash - Cashier's Check KPOC
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Might they have been meaning the monetary instrument log?

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#1731373 - 08/15/12 07:30 PM Re: Over $3000.00 cash - Cashier's Check Anonymous
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Yes, I would log it but I don't know of any form. Perhaps its an internal form?

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#1731381 - 08/15/12 07:37 PM Re: Over $3000.00 cash - Cashier's Check Anonymous
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#1731383 - 08/15/12 07:38 PM Re: Over $3000.00 cash - Cashier's Check Anonymous
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I would enter it on the monetary instrument log.

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#1731384 - 08/15/12 07:38 PM Re: Over $3000.00 cash - Cashier's Check Anonymous
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I think CTRs are $10,000?

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#1731391 - 08/15/12 07:47 PM Re: Over $3000.00 cash - Cashier's Check Anonymous
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Should be on the monetary instrument log for purchases on instruments between $3,000 and $10,000 with cash. Even if a customer brings in cash and deposits it and then writes a check to purchase a monetary instrument, its supposed to go on the log.

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#1731451 - 08/15/12 08:44 PM Re: Over $3000.00 cash - Cashier's Check Anonymous
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For the Monetary Instrument Log, we tell staff to think of it this way: if the customer arrived with cash and left with a monetary instrument, then it goes on the log. It doesn't matter what complicated financial gymnastics occurred in between and how many accounts.
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#1731501 - 08/16/12 02:33 AM Re: Over $3000.00 cash - Cashier's Check Anonymous
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If the OP's bank is like ours, we have an internal firm that the branches complete and send me. It has all the pertinent information for our monetary instrument log

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