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YOUR SOURCE FOR
NATIONAL & CALIFORNIA BREAKING NEWS
Sigue
Corporation to Forfeit
$15 Million to Resolve Bank Secrecy Act Violations
by Thomas E.
Murphy
Michele
Leonhart, Acting Administrator, U.S. Drug Enforcement
Administration joined Assistant Attorney General Alice S. Fisher
of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway,
Eastern District of Missouri, and Eileen C. Mayer, Chief,
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), Criminal Investigation, to
announce that Sigue Corporation and Sigue, LLC (“Sigue”), a San
Fernando, California-based money service businesses, entered
into a deferred prosecution agreement on charges of failing to
maintain an effective anti-money laundering program and will
forfeit $15 million to the U.S. government.
A
criminal information filed today at the U.S. District Court for
the Eastern District of Missouri charges Sigue with one count of
failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program.
Sigue waived indictment, agreed to the filing of the
information, and accepted responsibility for its conduct as
described in a factual statement accompanying the information.
The company will pay $15 million to the United States,
representing funds that are subject to forfeiture as a result of
the criminal charge, and has agreed to commit an additional $9.7
million to improving its anti-money laundering program. In light
of Sigue’s remedial actions to date and its willingness to
accept responsibility for its anti-money laundering failures,
the government will recommend the dismissal of the charge in 12
months, provided the company fully implements the significant
anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act measures required by
the agreement, and complies in all other respects with the terms
of the agreement.
“By
failing to fulfill the requirements of anti-money laundering
regulations, companies like Sigue facilitate drug traffickers
and their harmful activities. The penalties exacted today are a
reminder to financial institutions to be diligent in upholding
their responsibilities, said Michele Leonhart, DEA Acting
Administrator. “This investigation was a success because of the
hard work of individuals from DEA, IRS, DOJ, ATF, FBI, ICE, and
extraordinary commitment from many state and local law
enforcement agencies and the Government of Mexico.”
“When
companies like Sigue comply with anti-money laundering laws and
employ strong oversight, they can play a pivotal role in
stemming illicit money laundering activity,” said Assistant
Attorney General Alice S. Fisher Criminal Division.
“Unfortunately when they are not compliant the opposite is true
and criminals benefit. While we are pleased that Sigue has
accepted responsibility in this case, their conduct was serious
and the penalty is both appropriate and necessary.”
“This
agreement is the result of years of tremendous work by Assistant
U.S. Attorneys and agents in the Eastern District of Missouri,”
said U.S. Attorney Catherine Hanaway.
The
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has also assessed
a $12 million civil money penalty against Sigue for violations
of the Bank Secrecy Act, which will be satisfied by the $15
million forfeiture.
"All
financial institutions, including money transmitting businesses,
must adhere to the nation's money laundering laws," said Eileen
Mayer, Chief, Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation.
"Money laundering is not a victimless crime. It impacts our
nation’s financial strength and contributes to the untaxed,
underground economy. Those who choose to launder proceeds
obtained from unlawful activities, including proceeds from the
illegal sale of narcotics, face the consequences of criminal
prosecution. Money transmitting businesses should heed today's
proceedings as a warning that the government is monitoring your
activities."
The
charges filed today arose out of transactions conducted by Sigue
and its authorized agents from November 2003 through March 2005.
Sigue operates by and through more than 7,000 money remitter
agents across the country. During this time, more than $24.7
million in suspicious transactions were conducted through
registered agents of Sigue, including transactions conducted by
undercover U.S. law enforcement agents using funds represented
to be proceeds of drug trafficking. Sigue filed suspicious
activity reports (SARS) on the obviously structured
transactions, but ultimately failed to identify the broader
patterns of money laundering activity and prevent the unlawful
activity from continuing. Sigue failed to create systems and
procedures to identify suspicious financial transactions being
conducted by related senders and beneficiaries, from the same or
multiple remitter agent locations on the same day, or over
several days, months, and, in some cases, years.
Under the
Bank Secrecy Act, money service businesses are required to
establish and maintain an anti-money laundering compliance
program that, at a minimum, provides for: (a) internal polices,
procedures and controls designed to guard against money
laundering; (b) the coordination and monitoring of daily
compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act; (c) an ongoing employee
training program; and, (d) independent testing for compliance.
The program must be commensurate with the risks posed by the
location, size, nature, and volume of the financial services
provided by the money service business. Additionally, the
program must incorporate policies, procedures, and controls
reasonably designed to assure compliance with the BSA and
implementing regulations.
The case
was prosecuted by Trial Attorneys John W. Sellers and Thomas J.
Pinder of the Criminal Division’s Asset Forfeiture and Money
Laundering Section, which is headed by Chief Richard Weber. This
case was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration and
Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation’s St. Louis
Field Office.
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