Under the banking and thrift regulators’ current SAR rules, a financial institution is required to report any known or suspected criminal law violation involving an insider, regardless of amount. If the violation does not involve an insider but a potential suspect can be identified, the reporting threshold is $5.000. If no suspect can
be identified, what is the level at which a financial institution is required to report any known or suspected federal criminal law violation?
Which is the correct number? Click on the round button that corresponds to the number of the correct answer.
$25,000
$10,000
$15,000
$25,000 or more
$20,000
$50,000
$10,000 or more
Don't forget: Computer crimes are not among the 17 categories of criminal law violations and
suspicious activities specified for Box 37, but fall under the general category “Other.”
Use this category when the offense or activity does not seem to fit any of the specified
types of crimes. Source: FDIC Fraud Alert - Spring 1999
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