

#Suspicious activity series#
Whenever the member bank detects any known or suspected Federal criminal violation, or pattern of criminal violations, committed or attempted against the bank or involving a transaction or transactions conducted through the bank and involving or aggregating $5,000 or more in funds or other assets, where the bank believes that it was either an actual or potential victim of a criminal violation, or series of criminal violations, or that the bank was used to facilitate a criminal transaction, and the bank has a substantial basis for identifying a possible suspect or group of suspects. Although some attribute the spike in filings to technology improvements that are better at detecting suspicious activity and numerous regulatory warnings that have stressed the importance of filing SARs, actual increases in crime reported by other agencies, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI. It blocks activities that you see in the SmartView Monitor results and. Do not report suspicious activity to the Department of Homeland Security. (2 ) Violations aggregating $5,000 or more where a suspect can be identified. Suspicious Activity Monitoring (SAM) is a utility integrated in SmartView Monitor. Home About DHS Contact Us Report Incidents Report Incidents Everyone should be on the lookout, take notice of your surroundings, and report suspicious items or activities to local authorities immediately.
