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#1378788 - 04/21/10 10:03 PM SAR?
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Customer had five CDs maturing, each joint with one of his children. Requested $9,000 withdrawals from each and to send him a check. CDs are still open. Customer claims money going to children but was all deposited to the same checking account.

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#1378803 - 04/21/10 11:09 PM Re: SAR? mkp122
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Could be legit, any other suspicious or unusual activity going on or has gone on with the customer.

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#1378832 - 04/22/10 01:30 AM Re: SAR? dg
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I would check to see if/how the funds are disbursed from the checking account, depending upon how much time has gone by (for your SAR due date timeline).
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#1378837 - 04/22/10 02:46 AM Re: SAR? Kathleen O. Blanchard
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Kinda hard to think this is some kind of laundering when they have left a trail of checks???
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#1378839 - 04/22/10 02:52 AM Re: SAR? rlcarey
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The most it could be is structuring (which is why I said see if he does follow through). If he actually disburses to the "kids" I believe there is an old opinion that a bank can let that slide, unless I am imagining that. (An example about a woman giving money to grandchildren.)
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#1378856 - 04/22/10 11:58 AM Re: SAR? Kathleen O. Blanchard
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Still, how do you structure checks and if he took the checks to another bank and deposited them, what law is suspected to have been violated?
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#1378953 - 04/22/10 01:14 PM Re: SAR? Kathleen O. Blanchard
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Thanks - the most I thought was structuring it just seemed out of line.

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#1379076 - 04/22/10 02:31 PM Re: SAR? mkp122
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Don't know what the 'gift' limit is anymore, used to be $10,000. Could be he's gifting to his children and staying under the limit. Might appear to be strange, but perfectly legitimate if as Ms Kaybee says funds are disbursed to kids. And as Randy said, what's he avoiding if no cash is involved?

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#1379083 - 04/22/10 02:35 PM Re: SAR?
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Correct about no cash. My mind went to gift limit and money market account - wasn't thinking this was a CD.
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#1379087 - 04/22/10 02:35 PM Re: SAR? mkp122
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Since there's no cash involved I think that the amount could have more to do with the gift tax exlusion limits.

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#1379659 - 04/22/10 07:06 PM Re: SAR?
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Originally Posted By: Georgia Plum
Don't know what the 'gift' limit is anymore, used to be $10,000. Could be he's gifting to his children and staying under the limit. Might appear to be strange, but perfectly legitimate if as Ms Kaybee says funds are disbursed to kids. And as Randy said, what's he avoiding if no cash is involved?


I think it is $13,000 now.
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#1379704 - 04/22/10 07:33 PM Re: SAR? J2C
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Much of the public knows just enough about banking, regulations, laws and the IRS to be a danger to themselves. Sometimes I wonder what people are really trying to accomplish when I look at transactions like that. I'm pretty sure that what they think they are doing and what it turns out gets done are often not even close.

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#1379899 - 04/22/10 09:05 PM Re: SAR? Zoo Mama
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I believe that the limit is 13,000 annually. But I have had family members gift more than once during the year and keep a close eye on the limit. I guess that's why i would think that it has to do with gifting- and there was no cash involved.

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