Test 1 Flashcards

1
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Another name for Banks

A

Depository Financial Institutions aka DFI’s

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2
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FINCIN falls under which US government department

A

The department of Treasury

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3
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Fastest form of Identity theft

A

Unauthorized access to checking accounts

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4
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Major banking vulnerability the BSA attempts to address is foreigners sending & receiving payments through the US banking system using…

A

Correspondent, payable through, or nested accounts

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5
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Private banking is…

A

The personal or discreet offering of a wide variety of financial services and products to the affluent market

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6
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A PEP is…

A

Politically Exposed Person

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7
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Financial Institutions are required to file CTR (Currency Transaction Report) when a customer does what

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Deposits, withdrawal, exchange, or other payment or transfer of more than $10,000

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8
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Banks and bank type organizations are the only financial institutions that are allowed to receive deposits and then provide direct access to those deposits through

A

Financial Payment system

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9
Q

Money transmitters provide what services

A

wire transfers

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10
Q

Money Orders are like checks except for one thing…

A

they don’t bounce

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11
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With stored value cards, the monetary value is where

A

On the card itself

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12
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Informal value transfer systems (IVTS), aka Hawalas, operate primarily in ethnic communities are viewed as beneficial because…

A

Presence, location, and cost

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13
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According to bulk cash smuggling seizers statistics, the 2 most active cash smuggling states are

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Texas and California

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14
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Most common form of trade based money laundering in the western hemisphere is

A

The Black Market Peso Exchange

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15
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Life, health, and accident insurance generates a half a trillion dollars in premiums and contract revenue annually Most of these premiums come from…

A

the sale of annuities

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16
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Shell companies are…

A

Companies that have no presence, no employees, and produce nothing

17
Q

Intermediaries are often used to create shell companies these institutions are called

A

Nominee incorporations services, aka NIS

18
Q

Casinos are vulnerable to money laundering because…

A

exchanging illicit cash for casino chips