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Financial Crime SpecialistExam

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Question # 1

You operate a convenience store that also sells and cashes money orders and offers wire transfer services.

Which three activities on their own are sufficient red flags to warrant further due diligence into whether a transaction may be related to terrorist financing? Choose 3 answers

A.

Several customers receive a monthly wire transfer of funds from the same business which has an address in a high-risk jurisdiction

B.

On a weekly basis a customer wires S2 500 to the charity Middle Eastern Orphans and Refugees Relief Association with a post office box address in New York City

C.

Every week immediately upon receiving a money transfer the customer purchases a series of money orders, prepaid debit and phone cards to be sent to other individuals

D.

A customer who has recently immigrated to the country sends funds to a high-nsk jurisdiction, where they used to live

Question # 2

Recently your database of customer records was compromised and hundreds of thousands of customer's personal data was stolen Based on the feedback from your customers you have surmised that the following occurred.

• Using the stolen customer information a personalized email was sent to all of the customers Irom the criminals with a significant amount of personal information in them to appear legitimate directing them to a fake website mimicking yours

• That fake website captured logins and passwords from customers for later use

• The criminals then used the logins and passwords to wire funds from those accounts to offshore accounts that they controlled

Which type of attack is this?

A.

Spear phishing

B.

Key logging

C.

Man-in-the-middle

D.

Login capture

Question # 3

InvestPlus was a securities trading firm that purportedly specialized in high-risk high-reward investment opportunities in developing countries. InvestPlus was losing money on many of its products and began to take funds from new clients to repay earlier investors. The scheme was eventually revealed and InvestPlus collapsed leaving behind numerous defrauded investors InvestPlus is now bankrupt.

A group of investors who lost money has hired your law firm to recover assets InvestPlus had complex holdings and investments in many different countries worldwide Without access to the company s financial records it has been difficult to trace them. The owners of InvestPlus reaped substantial profits but led lavish lifestyles and are thought to have burned through most of their assets.

Which is the BEST way your firm could pursue recovery of damages?

A.

File mutual legal assistance treaty requests in the jurisdictions where InvestPlus is thought to have assets

B.

Contact other defrauded investors to see if they have further information on the location of recoverable assets

C.

Investigate whether third parties have facilitated the scheme and, if so, pursue legal action against them

D.

Request a summons for the owners of InvestPlus to provide testimony on their financial status

Question # 4

David is the owner of a fast-food restaurant He has made deposits into his bank account totaling $123,000 of which S51,000 is from cash deposits of mostly small denominations David deposited the S51,000 into his bank account over a one-month period at three different branches using multiple employees to make the deposits which are detailed below.

Branch 1: Deposits were made on February 3 6 and 9 in the respective amounts—$4,000 S6,000 and $5,300

Branch 2: Deposits were made on February 6 9 and 12 in the respective amounts—S3,750, $3,200 and S9,850

Branch 3: Deposits were made on February 3 7. and 13 in the respective amounts—$5,300 $9,750 and $3,850

Which red flags are indicative of money laundering?

Choose 3 answers

A.

Having individuals other than the account signatory make deposits

B.

Depositing round dollar amounts

C.

Conducting transactions at multiple branches

D.

Making multiple transactions under the reporting threshold

Question # 5

A prosecutor in Country X needs to obtain the legally admissible testimony of Person A who resides in the United States, related to an ongoing criminal investigation Person A is incapable ol traveling and will only provide testimony if compelled by a court order in the U.S. There is no bilateral or multilateral treaty or convention that facilitates mutual legal assistance between these two countries.

Which should the prosecutor submit to obtain the testimony of Person A?

A.

A request for a litigation hold

B.

A request for a production order

C.

A Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty request

D.

A Letters Rogatory request

Question # 6

During an organizational overview of financial crime controls, Ms. Lee, the compliance analyst, discovers that certain high-risk customers have not undergone enhanced due diligence (EDD) as required by regulatory guidelines. What is the most appropriate action for Ms. Lee to take?

A.

Notify senior management and request immediate termination of the high-risk customer relationships.

B.

Conduct a retrospective review of the high-risk customers' transactions to assess potential risks.

C.

Document the findings and recommend the implementation of robust procedures for EDD.

D.

Ignore the issue as long as there have been no suspicious transactions involving the high-risk customers.

Question # 7

James Thieferlon has stolen Linda Victim's ATM card and PIN James withdrew a total of $10,000 from Linda's checking account over several transactions using several ATM machines James then created lake invoices on his brother’s company stationary to make it appear as though he provided S15,000 of IT goods for his brother's import/export company. From there, he presented the invoices to his bank and deposited the stolen S10,000 with the legitimate S5,000 he made from selling personal goods on the Internet.

Which step could be considered money laundering?

A.

Creating false invoices for his brother's import/export company

B.

Depositing the money into his own bank account with the legitimate $5,000

C.

Smurfing committed by withdrawing the stolen $10,000 from several ATMs in small values

D.

Not openly declaring the $5,000 as Interne! sales revenue to be able to claim different taxes on them

Question # 8

Your bank is considering entering into a correspondent relationship with a respondent bank Your bank does not have any existing business relationship with this respondent bank and has never worked with the respondent bank in the past.

Based upon FATF Recommendations which statement is true?

A.

Your bank is required to apply the same due diligence measures to this respondent bank that it has applied when evaluating respondent banks in other jurisdictions lo avoid inequitable practices

B.

Your bank should not enter into a correspondent relationship with the respondent bank if it is a small local or regional bank because of the inherent risk concerns with these institutions

C.

Your bank is required to gather information to understand the respondent's business reputation quality of its supervision and anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing controls

D.

Your bank is required to conduct enhanced due diligence on the respondent bank which includes conducting due diligence on customers of the respondent bank

Question # 9

Your client has been targeted by a payments scam that has resulted in him remitting significant sums of money to the entity perpetrating the fraud Your client has traced the payments which revealed that the ultimate beneficiary of the fraud is Company A that appears to be operating from the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Before taking any further action your client would like to confirm if Company A Ltd is incorporated in the BVI.

How can they do this?

A.

Contact the Commercial Division of the High Court of the BVI

B.

Conduct a search of the Registry of Corporate Affairs in the BVI

C.

Request the details from the BVI Chamber of Commerce

D.

Contact Company A directly

Question # 10

During a routine review, a compliance officer at a financial institution discovers that one of its customers has provided false information to evade OFAC sanctions. What is the most appropriate action for the compliance officer to take?

A.

Immediately terminate the customer's account and report the incident to OFAC.

B.

Advise the customer to correct the false information and continue business as usual.

C.

Conduct enhanced due diligence on the customer and notify senior management of the findings.

D.

Ignore the false information if it does not directly impact the institution's operations.

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