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Treasury warns banks of 'red flags' tied to customers in the U.S. illegally | Flipboard

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What to know about Treasury warns banks of 'red flags' tied to customers in the U.S. illegally

The U.S. Treasury's financial crimes division is requesting that banks assist in identifying payroll schemes associated with individuals residing in the United States illegally.

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Claims checked 2
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What happened

Treasury warns banks of 'red flags' tied to customers in the U.S.

Why it matters

illegally WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury's financial crimes arm wants banks to help identify payroll schemes tied to people living in the country illegally, as … WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury's financial crimes arm wants banks to help identify payroll schemes tied…

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: Treasury's financial crimes arm wants banks to help identify payroll schemes tied to people living in the country illegally.

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No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

The U.S. Treasury's financial crimes division is requesting that banks assist in identifying payroll schemes associated with individuals residing in the United States illegally.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 2 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Treasury's financial crimes arm wants banks to help identify payroll schemes tied to people living in the country illegally”
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The claim that FinCEN wants banks to help identify payroll schemes tied to people living in the country illegally is explicitly stated in the AP report and corroborated by the PBS report regarding the FinCEN advisory.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andrea Gacki is an American attorney. She currently serves as Director of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau within the U.S. Treasury Department tasked with combating financia…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Gacki
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is a bureau within the United States Department of the Treasury that collects and analyzes information about financial transactions to combat domestic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_Crimes_Enforcement_N…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A financial intelligence unit (FIU) is a national agency that receives reports of suspicious transactions from financial institutions and other persons or entities, analyzes them, and disseminates the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_Intelligence_Unit
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Claim 2: “Treasury warns banks of 'red flags' tied to customers in the U.S. illegally”
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The claim is reported by two independent news sources (PBS and AP via web search) stating that the Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued an advisory to banks regarding red flags tied to customers in the U.S. illegally.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Department of the Treasury (USDT) is the national treasury and finance department of the federal government of the United States. It is one of 15 current U.S. government departments. The treasury …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretar…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Secretary_of_the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — United States Treasury securities, also called Treasuries or Treasurys, are government debt instruments issued by the United States Department of the Treasury to finance government spending as a suppl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Treasury_securit…
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