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Case in PointStandout SARs that Get Attention
Gulf Coast Anti-Money Laundering ForumHouston, TexasSeptember 11, 2018
John Madinger
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The Man Who Fell From Trump Tower
• Disclaimer
• Matinee edition
• Story background
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The Man Who Fell From Trump Tower
• Featured Film – “A Simple Plan”
• Billy Bob Thornton, Bridget Fonda
• Movie about money laundering (badly)
• Ben’s simple plan
• Goal
• Phase 1
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The Man Who Fell From Trump Tower
• Phase 2
• Get the money out of the bank
• Untraceable
• CTR generated
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The Man Who Fell From Trump Tower
• Phase 2a
• Hide the cash somewhere safe
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The Man Who Fell From Trump Tower
• Phase 3
• File for bankruptcy
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The Man Who Fell From Trump Tower
• Phase 4
• Get the cash back into the bank
• CTRs filed
• Opportunity for SAR filing?
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The Man Who Fell From Trump Tower
• Phase 5
• Check out
• Trump Tower
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The Man Who Fell From Trump Tower
• Phase 6
• Have a party at the new place
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The Man Who Fell From Trump Tower
• Phase 2 – cash withdrawals, large amounts
• Phase 3 – cash deposits, structured amounts
• Phase 6 – when lender discovers fraud
• Any phase – large cash transactions with recent bankruptcy case
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When could SARs have been filed?
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The Devil Carries Gucci
• Featured Film – (Ripped off from) “The Devil Wears Prada”
• Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway
• Drug trafficking and money laundering
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The Devil Carries Gucci
• Disclaimer
• Matinee edition
• Story background
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The Devil Carries Gucci
• Drug Seizure
• Cash seizure
• Financial records
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The Devil Carries Gucci
• Money laundering scheme
• Placement – structured cash deposits
• Layering
• Integration
• Additional seizures
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The Devil Carries Gucci
• Structured cash deposits – multiple deposits, multiple branches, multiple customers
• KYC issues – people on welfare/unemployed, not account holder
• Cashier’s check purchases – large checks with unclear purpose
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When could a SAR have been filed?
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The Man Who Would be King
• Featured Film – “The Man Who Would be King”
• Sean Connery, Michael Caine
• Official corruption
• Money laundering
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The Man Who Would be King
• Disclaimer
• Matinee edition
• Story background
• Personal interest
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The Man Who Would be King
• Corruption scenarios
• Money laundering scenarios
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The Man Who Would be King
• Bank 1 – structured cash deposits
• Bank 2 – bank transfers
• Bank 3 – purchase of cashier’s check(s) for real property transaction
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When could a SAR have been filed?
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A Murder Most Foul
• Featured Film – None
• Murder
• Fraud
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A Murder Most Foul
• Facts of the underlying crime
• Facts relating to the fraud
• Financial transactions
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A Murder Most Foul
• Part II
• Suspicious Activity Information
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A Murder Most Foul
• Cash withdrawals
• Notoriety of party conducting the transactions
• Activity not commensurate
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What made these transactions “suspicious?”
When could a SAR have been filed?
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The Sting
• Featured Film – “The Sting”• Paul Newman, Robert Redford
• Also: ”Supergator”• Kelly McGillis, Brad Johnson
• Fraud
• Money laundering
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The Sting
• Disclaimer
• Story background
• Personal interest
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The Sting
• Ponzi Scheme background
• Kauai background
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The Sting
• Ponzi Schemes, generally
• Kauai scheme
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The Sting
• Total transactions – TD Ameritrade purchases/sales - $500,000,000
• Total investor funds actually invested – $8,000,000
• Total received from investors – $13,000,000
• Total fraud - $18,000,000
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The Sting
• Ponzi Schemes, bottom line
• 86 percent lose all or almost all
• Time sensitive
• Recovery is rare and difficult
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The Sting
• Total seized – $4,500,000 (bank account, investment account, condo, car, motorcycles)
• Restitution ordered - $11,000,000
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The Sting
• CTR filing – investor check cashed
• Check deposits – checks deposited from numerous unrelated persons
• Structuring – cash deposits and withdrawals
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What made these transactions “suspicious?”
When could a SAR have been filed?
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The End of the Stories
• Were they compelling – let you saw what I saw?
• Were they personalized – got you in touch with real people?
• Were they told with emotion – use words, imagery to excite passion or reaction?
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