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#91292 - 06/25/03 01:23 PM OFAC Screening
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One of our local Banks was just cited during their OCC BSA Examination for failing to complete an OFAC screen on legal processes? have any of you experts experienced a similar exception from the OCC?

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#91293 - 06/25/03 01:43 PM Re: OFAC Screening
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Are you saying that you get, say a subpoena for account information on John Doe, that they are wanting evidence that you ran John Doe through the OFAC list?
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#91294 - 06/25/03 01:50 PM Re: OFAC Screening
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Yes. Including legal processes where the bank would potentially remit monies.

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#91295 - 06/25/03 02:07 PM Re: OFAC Screening
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Don't you already scrub your current customer base? Why would this be different than paying a check that was presented against an account? I think they are on a fishing expedition.
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#91296 - 06/25/03 02:21 PM Re: OFAC Screening
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Yes, account scrubs are completed on a regular basis.

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#91297 - 06/25/03 02:23 PM Re: OFAC Screening
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Yes. Including legal processes where the bank would potentially remit monies.



Such as levies/liens? Never did on the receipt of such items. All CIFs are scrubbed for OFAC, as well as new accounts. Are they referring to the recipient of the levy proceeds?
I would ask them where they came up with that one, of course, in a nice way.
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#91298 - 06/25/03 02:43 PM Re: OFAC Screening
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The local bank did ask where the authority was drawn from. The OCC indicated that it was in their BSA Handbook. I looked and couldn't find any such referrence.

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#91299 - 06/25/03 02:48 PM Re: OFAC Screening
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They need to go back the examiner and get some specifics, because I too looked and couldn't find it.
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