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NEWS: U.S. banks identify rampant cheque fraud – almost $700m SARs reported in just six months

FinCEN Director Andrea Gacki

By Paul O’Donoghue, Senior Correspondent

U.S. banks have reported enormous levels of suspected mail theft-related cheque fraud.

In just six months, more than 15,000 suspicious incidents worth a combined $688 million were reported by financial institutions to FinCEN, the AML unit of the U.S. Treasury.

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