A bank investigator notices an account receiving multiple deposits from the same employer under different employees' names. A cash withdrawal occurs one day after each deposit. The outcome of this investigation will likely uncover which crime typology?
An AML investigator at a bank identifies an unusually high number of deposits from a few customers resulting from the encashment of multiple gambling tickets from a legitimate gambling company. It is noted that the transactions are inconsistent with the customers' profiles and that reverse (corrective) transactions did not occur. Which suspicious activity is most likely?
Which are primary purposes of Financial Action Task Force {FATF)-Style Regional Bodies? (Select Two.)
An investigator at a corporate bank is conducting transaction monitoring alerts clearance.
KYC profile background: An entity customer, doing business offshore in Hong Kong, established a banking business relationship with the bank since 2017 for deposit and loan purposes. It acts as an offshore investment holding company. The customer declared that the ongoing source of funds to this account comes from group-related companies.
• X is the UBO. and owns 97% shares of this entity customer;
• Y is is the authorized signatory of this entity customer. This entity customer was previously the subject of a SAR/STR.
KYC PROFILE
Customer Name: AAA International Company. Ltd
Customer ID: 123456
Account Opened: June 2017
Last KYC review date: 15 Nov 2020
Country and Year of Incorporation: The British Virgin Islands, May 2017
AML risk level: High
Account opening and purpose: Deposits, Loans, and Trade Finance
Anticipated account activities: 1 to 5 transactions per year and around 1 million per
transaction amount
During the investigation, the investigator reviewed remittance transactions activities for the period from Jul 2019 to Sep 2021 and noted the following transactions pattern:
TRANSACTION JOURNAL
Review dates: from July 2019 to Sept 2021
For Hong Kong Dollars (HKD) currency:
Incoming transactions: 2 inward remittances of around 1.88 million HKD in total from
different third parties
Outgoing transactions: 24 outward remittances of around 9 4 million HKD in total to
different third parties
For United States Dollars (USD) currency:
Incoming transactions: 13 inward remittances of around 3.3 million USD in total from
different third parties
Outgoing transactions: 10 outward remittances of around 9.4 million USD in total to
different third parties.
RFI Information and Supporting documents:
According to the RFI reply received on 26 May 2021, the customer provided the bank
with the information below:
1J All incoming funds received in HKD & USD currencies were monies lent from non-customers of the bank. Copies of loan agreements had been provided as supporting documents. All of the loan agreements were in the same format and all the lenders are engaged in trading business.
2) Some loan agreements were signed among four parties, including among lenders. borrower (the bank's customer), guarantor, and guardian with supplemental agreements, which stated that the customer, as a borrower, who failed to repay a loan
Which suspicious activity should the investigator identify during the review of the loan agreements?
A client that runs a non-profit organization that aids refugees in leaving their home countries received a remittance from a money services business that was ten times the average. The client was recently detained for providing falsified passports to illegal immigrants. Which predicate offenses could be considered in the SAR/STR? (Select Two.)
A retail bank prepares a yearly AML risk assessment. Which inherent risk factor is likely the most relevant?
A client at a financial institution deposits large amounts of money into an account, and almost immediately, the funds are then distributed to numerous individuals' accounts. The transaction activity described in the scenario is a pattern of:
A financial institution