Good Afternoon,

We have been requested by a law enforcement agency to open a fictitious account. It would only be open for a finite time to assist with a criminal case. Provided we have the documentation on file of the request to open the fictitious account from LE, would anyone anticipate an exam issue down the road?

As we all know, LE will request financial institutions to keep accounts open that are facilitating criminal activity that would have otherwise been closed by the institution. In my estimation, this equates to that. We just need proper documentation of the request on file.

Thank you.

I would have no problem with it.

My thoughts, as well. Thank you for the reply.

we have an account that has been opened for a lengthy period of time that is used by an agent of the US Government that is used for similar purposes. We have never had an issue with any exam as a result of holding this account.