puffpuffPASSEDOUT
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OK so like most people i know that if you deposit 10,000 or more into an account then the IRS is notified. But now I learn about Structuring! I knew the gov't was sneaky and smart about catching criminals but wow this is ridicolous.
Basically this is:
Money laundering is a well-thought out process accomplished in three stages:
Does anyone know anything about flying under the radar with a large sum of cash?
Basically this is:
Money laundering is a well-thought out process accomplished in three stages:
- Placement: Requires physically moving and placing the funds into financial institutions or the retail economy. Depositing structured amounts of cash into the banking sector, and smuggling currency across international borders for further deposit, are common methods for Placement.
- Layering: Once the illicit funds have entered the financial system, multiple and sometimes complex financial transactions are conducted to further conceal their illegal nature, and to make it difficult to identify the source of the funds or eliminate an audit trail. Purchasing monetary instruments (travelers checks, banks drafts, money orders, letters of credit, securities, bonds, etc.) with other monetary instruments, transferring funds between accounts, and using wire transfers facilitate Layering.
- Integration: The illicit funds re-enter the economy disguised as legitimate business earnings (securities, businesses, real estate). Unnecessary loans may be obtained to disguise illicit funds as the proceeds of business loans.
Does anyone know anything about flying under the radar with a large sum of cash?