The Chief National Bank Examiner's Office will be responsible for Referrals for Potential Violation of Law Examining and District personnel are reminded to review a bank's procedures and transactions to determine if there are violations of the Bank Secrecy Act that should be the subject of a referral for possible criminal and/or civil money penalties. A separate memorandum detailing the facts of the violation may be necessary for ultimate referral. Also, unless it is believed that there is a possibility of destruction of evidence or a cover-up, examiners may discuss the problems with appropriate bank officers to obtain corrective action. As in cases of other violations of law, they should be cited in the Report of Examination. Examiners should not, however, indicate that by correcting the violations no .further action will be taken by the Treasury Department. District offices should review and forward all referrals of violations with recommendations to the CNBE for review and coordination with the Treasury Department. Date: April 24, 1985 Page 4 of 5 Comptroller's Handbook For National Bank Examiners. Section 201.1, page 2, "Currency Transaction", 6th and 5th lines from bottom, delete: If violations are disclosed," Section 201.3, page 2, question 9.f., last sentence, delete: In the absence of any no answers". Insert after the word "retain": "a copy of". Place a note in the margin at both locations: See EC 228. ORIGINATING OFFICE Chief National Bank Examiner, Commercial Examinations Division, (202) 447-1164. H. Joe Seby Senior Deputy Comptroller for Bank Supervision TO: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks, Officers in Attached for your information is an Internal kevenue Service press This Banking Bulletin automatically expires July 1, 1986. John F. Imney. John F. Downey Chief National Bank Examiner Attachment Date: December 20, 1985 Page 1 of 1 News For Release: 12/19/85 Department of the Treasury Media Contact: Tel. (202) 666-4024 IR-85-119 Tel. (202) 566-4054 Washington-The Internal Revenue Service today announced that a revised Form 4789, Currency Transaction Report, will became effective on July 1, 1986, for transactions of more than $10,000. Until that date, the IRS said financial institutions should continue to file the existing Form 4789. Additional supplies of the existing form can be ordered from IRS forms distribution centers. Financial institutions can obtain a copy of the newly revised Form 4789 for the purpose of developing internal procedures or making necessary computer programming changes by sending a request to the IRS Data Center, Attn: Currency and Banking Report División, 1300 John C. Lodge Freeway, Detroit, MI 48226. TO: Chief Executive Officers of All National Banks, Officers Department and Division Heads and All Examining Personnel PURPOSE This issuance provides guidelines for amending/refiling BACKGROUND The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) receives CTRS and enters PROCEDURES Amended CTRS have resulted in duplicate entries into the data 1. On a copy of the CTR originally filed, circle in red the 2. 3. On a blank CTR, enter "AMENDED" or "CORRECTED" in the top Enter only the correct or amended information on the blank 4. Sign and date the amended or corrected form. 5. Staple the amended or corrected form on top of the copy of |