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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury charged with detecting and combatting illegal activity within the financial system. FinCEN detects evidence of... more +
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury charged with detecting and combatting illegal activity within the financial system. FinCEN detects evidence of money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes by collecting, monitoring, and analyzing financial transaction data. Such data is disseminated to both domestic and international law enforcement agencies. less -
Akerman LLP

Bringing Money Into the U.S.: Declare It or Risk Serious Consequences

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Bringing money, whether cash or other forms, into or out of the United States is generally legal, no matter the amount. However, the U.S. government requires you to report large sums....more

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10 Important Facts About FinCEN’s Whistleblower Program

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is one of a handful of federal authorities that have adopted whistleblower programs focused on facilitating enforcement in hard-to-target areas. While FinCEN focuses its...more

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Out with a Whimper: FinCEN Issues Interim Final Rule on Corporate Transparency Act, Narrows BOI Reporting Requirements

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On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced an interim final rule, which was officially published in the Federal Register on March 26, 2025, removing the requirement for U.S. companies and...more

Epstein Becker & Green

CTA Interim Final Rule Eliminates Requirements for U.S. Companies and U.S. Individuals to File Beneficial Ownership Reports

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On March 26, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), in an action that was promised earlier in March, issued an interim final rule (the “Interim Rule”) that removes all requirements for U.S. companies and...more

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FinCEN Issues Interim Final Rule Under the Corporate Transparency Act

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On March 21, 2025, FinCEN released an interim final rule (the “Interim Final Rule”) that exempts domestic reporting companies and U.S. persons from being required to report beneficial ownership and company applicant...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) Removes Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements for U.S. Companies...

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On March 26, 2025, FinCEN announced that “All entities created in the United States – including those previously known as ‘domestic reporting companies’ – and their beneficial owners are now exempt from the requirement to...more

Vicente LLP

Corporate Transparency Act, We Hardly Knew Ye: What the Interim Final Rule Means for U.S. Businesses

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The Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) has undergone a significant shift. The FinCEN recently issued a new Interim Final Rule (IFR), dramatically narrowing the law's reach. As a result, most U.S. companies no longer have...more

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FinCEN Releases New Interim Final Rule

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On Friday, March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) adopted an interim final rule that severely narrows the scope of the requirements to report beneficial ownership information (BOI) under the...more

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Corporate Transparency Act – FinCEN Announces Domestic Reporting Companies Exempt From Filing

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As promised, in order to reduce the burdens on placed on legitimate businesses, while still working to detect, prevent, and prosecute financial crimes, the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)...more

Goulston & Storrs PC

Corporate Transparency Act 2.0 – Narrowing Reporting Requirements

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On March 21, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) issued an interim final rule that significantly changes the reporting requirements under the Corporate Transparency Act (“CTA”).  This alert summarizes...more

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FinCEN Significantly Narrows Corporate Transparency Act Reporting Requirements

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On March 21, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (“FinCEN”) published an interim final rule (the “March 21 Rule”) that: Narrows (significantly) the beneficial ownership information (“BOI”)...more

K&L Gates LLP

FinCEN Issues Geographic Targeting Order to Require Certain Money Services Businesses to File CTRs for Smaller Transactions

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On 11 March 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) to require money services businesses (MSBs) located in specified zip codes of California and Texas to file currency...more

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FinCEN Joins the Government-Wide Pursuit of Cartels - UPDATED 3/18/25

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On March 11, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) specifically aimed at combatting Mexico-based cartels and other criminals along the southwest border of the United...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

FinCEN Issues Southwest Border Geographic Targeting Order Aimed to Combat Mexican-based Drug Cartels

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We have written previously about the new administration’s significant shifts in its approach to criminal enforcement and prosecution of money laundering cases. Specifically, we wrote about shifts at the U.S. Department of...more

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FinCEN Joins the Government-Wide Pursuit of Cartels

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On March 11, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) specifically aimed at combatting Mexico-based cartels and other criminals along the southwest border of the United...more

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FinCEN requires several southwest counties to report cash transactions over $200

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On March 11, FinCEN issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) to combat “illicit activities and money laundering of Mexico-based cartels” along the U.S. southwest border. The order requires money service businesses in select...more

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FinCEN Lowers Reporting Threshold for MSBs Near U.S.-Mexico Border to Combat Money Laundering

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On March 11, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) requiring all money services businesses (MSBs) operating within 30 specified ZIP codes near the U.S.-Mexico border...more

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FinCEN’s Geographic Targeting Order Increases Reporting Obligations for Money Services Businesses Located Near the United...

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On March 11, 2025, the United States Department of the Treasury’s (Treasury) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) requiring certain money service businesses (MSBs) in...more

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The Corporate Transparency Act: Treasury Department Suspends Enforcement, Reporting Obligations

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In a press release issued on March 2, 2025, the Treasury Department, which oversees the Financial Crimes and Enforcement Network (FinCEN), announced that it will not enforce any penalties or fines associated with the existing...more

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The Treasury Department Introduces a New Twist in the CTA Saga

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On March 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Treasury threw a new twist into the ongoing Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) enforcement saga by announcing that it will not enforce any fines or penalties against any U.S. citizens or...more

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Ping-Pong Match Appears Over: US Companies Apparently Definitively Relieved of Compliance Obligations Under the Corporate...

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The Corporate Transparency Act (the CTA) requires a range of entities, primarily smaller, unregulated companies, to file reports with FinCen, and arm of the Treasury Department, identifying the entities’ beneficial owners,...more

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Breaking News: Corporate Transparency Act - Filing Deadlines Can Be Ignored for Now and Maybe Forever for Some

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The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (FinCEN) has changed the rules once again on the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA). Despite recently announcing that the new filing deadline for...more

White and Williams LLP

Latest Corporate Transparency Act Update from FinCEN: Enforcement Paused, For Now

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Stay tuned – another shoe is likely to drop from Washington D.C. on the CTA (“Corporate Transparency Act”) in the next three weeks. As we previously reported on February 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...more

Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, LLP

Client Alert: The Treasury Department Announces It Will Not Issue Fines or Penalties in Connection with Beneficial Ownership...

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On February 27, 2025, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced it will “…not issue any fines or penalties or take any other enforcement actions against any companies based on any failure to file or update...more

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FinCEN Will Not Enforce Extended Corporate Transparency Act Filing Deadlines

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Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) reporting requirements were recently reinstated, and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) established a new filing deadline of March 21, 2025. However, on February 27, 2025,...more

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