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Which of the following are red flags pertaining to potentially suspicious transactions by a customer? (Select Three.)

The correct answer is A. A customer deposits a large number of consecutively numbered money orders. D. A customer receives wire transfers from different unknown accounts which are immediately wired E. A customer withdraws cash in amounts just under the reporting threshold. This question tests the ability to identify three suspicious customer transaction behaviors that signal potential money laundering or structuring activity.

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Question

Which of the following are red flags pertaining to potentially suspicious transactions by a customer? (Select Three.)

Options

  • AA customer deposits a large number of consecutively numbered money orders.
  • BA customer requests loans made to local companies or secured by obligations of local banks.
  • CA customer has regular deposits and withdrawals primarily in wire transfers.
  • DA customer receives wire transfers from different unknown accounts which are immediately wired
  • EA customer withdraws cash in amounts just under the reporting threshold.

How the community answered

(21 responses)
  • A
    81% (17)
  • B
    14% (3)
  • C
    5% (1)

Why each option

This question tests the ability to identify three suspicious customer transaction behaviors that signal potential money laundering or structuring activity.

AA customer deposits a large number of consecutively numbered money orders.Correct

Depositing a large number of consecutively numbered money orders is a red flag for structuring, as it suggests funds were deliberately broken into smaller increments to avoid triggering currency transaction reporting thresholds.

BA customer requests loans made to local companies or secured by obligations of local banks.

Loans made to local companies or secured by local bank obligations are standard commercial banking activities and do not by themselves constitute suspicious behavior.

CA customer has regular deposits and withdrawals primarily in wire transfers.

Regular deposits and withdrawals via wire transfers, without other qualifying indicators, reflect normal business or personal banking behavior and are not inherently suspicious.

DA customer receives wire transfers from different unknown accounts which are immediately wiredCorrect

Receiving wire transfers from multiple unknown accounts that are immediately wired out is a classic indicator of layering - a core phase of money laundering designed to move and obscure illicit funds rapidly across accounts.

EA customer withdraws cash in amounts just under the reporting threshold.Correct

Withdrawing cash in amounts just below the reporting threshold is the textbook definition of structuring, a federal crime under the Bank Secrecy Act that must be reported as a suspicious activity regardless of the underlying funds.

Concept tested: Identifying suspicious transaction red flags and structuring

Source: https://www.ffiec.gov/bsa_aml_infobase/pages_manual/olm_014.htm

Topics

#structuring#suspicious transactions#wire transfers#money orders

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