Hmmm, seems his knowledge of banking might be as suspect as his IT expertise. Two separate transactions to avoid reporting deposits over $10,000 is called "structuring" and has cost people their businesses even when the deposits were normal and legit, as in cash receipts from a mom-and-pop restaurant. The government requires banks to report such "structuring."
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. . . 37404: 05/14/2013 Money laundering ? . . .
MS: “It's not that simple. Like when we got the money from your father, we did 2 separate transactions because the bank has requirements and thresholds that require them to report large cash transactions to the IRS. We can work this out, it's not a big deal.”
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Well, well, well.....it is a deep subject after all, eh
MS? MS knows (or thinks he knows enough) to circumvent "cash reporting laws." But, what he doesn't know is that there are many laws that were enacted to notify the Feds. #1) The
BSA =
Bank Secrecy Act and #2)
SAR=
Suspicious Activity Reports.
BSA The one most people are familiar with are deposits/withdrawals of $10,000 or more in cash.
Requires a form 8300 within 15 days to be filed. (Car dealers fyi biggest targets on this.)
SAR This is lesser known as banks can have their own internal guidelines. For instance, if you make 3 deposits of $2,000 in cash in a month....you can expect the manager, or customer service manager to file an internal report. One day when you walk into the bank,
the manager might make it a point to introduce them self and start talking to you about your job. "So, Websleuther IQ, I wondered if we could offer you any of our other products for your business? Instead of driving over to the bank with cash, would you be interested in a point of sale credit card/debit machine for your business?"
Or, "Since you are running a lot of cash through your personal checking account, would it be better if we set up a business account for you?" Trust me, if a banker can not justify why you are making a lot of cash deposits into their bank (like retail sales or rental income).....expect the
IRS or
FBI to be notified.
The US Treasury, in some cases can even do a "life style assessment"......ie, The taxpayer reports W2 income of 60K, yet has a mortgage payment of 3K per month, 1K in student loans, 1K utilities, car payments, cable, cell phones,life insurance premiums (total of 5K per month). And then still manages to get expensive hair cuts, spas, make-up, clothes, dining out, trips, entertaining, private trainer, nanny, gardener, housekeeper, pest control and pool service without using credit cards or equity lines.....???? Hmmm, a few things could be going on, "living on past reported earnings/savings", "tax free income from the sale of a residence", "living on gifts/inheritances" or
"not reporting all cash income." Sadly, since MS was attempting to "circumvent cash reporting thresholds" I have my suspicions.
(Hope this answers many questions....it is such a complicated subject so just giving you a summary of possible scenarios....if that is OK?)