CHAPTER9

Fraud and Anti-money Laundering

The New Financial Crime Model

A credit card theft ring has been operating in the area of Brooklyn, New York. They have been involved in skimming credit cards at various gas stations, restaurants, and retail merchants. A sharp fraud investigator working for one of the banks whose credit card has been compromised notices a trend that indicates possible locations of a number of the breeches. Ultimately, a suspicious activity report (SAR) is completed and submitted.

An anti-money laundering (AML) investigator from the same bank observes numerous red-flag transactions that resulted in several “alerts” being triggered. It so happens that one of the owners of one of the aforementioned restaurants and one of the ...

Get Anti–Money Laundering in a Nutshell: Awareness and Compliance for Financial Personnel and Business now with the O’Reilly learning platform.

O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.