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JOINT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT Stewart McGlynn Chief Inspector of Police Joint Financial Intelligence Unit AML Seminar to Accountants - JFIU 4 March 2010
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JOINT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT Suggested format & content detailed in JFIU website Email Fax Post Verbal (urgency - follow-up by hardcopy) STR Filing
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JOINT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT Urgency Confidentiality Tipping Off Crime Report Vs STR Concerns
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JOINT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT Acknowledgement of Receipt File Ref. Contact Person Details Consent / No Consent Letter Arrest / Prosecutions / Convictions STR Quarterly Analysis Report Feedback
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JOINT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT Case Example 1 Mr. X, Chairman of Board of Directors for ABC Company XYZ company US$9.7M loanUS$10M pledge Sole Owner of XYZ company is Mr. X
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JOINT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT Effective CDD / KYC Good quality STR, allowing JFIU to perform its function Protection Learning Points
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JOINT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT Case Example 2 – Good Auditing Practice Company X Winding-up Audit Fraud and False Accounting
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JOINT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT Learning Points Reported knowledge of Crime Proceeds – Fraud Crime report could have been made but STR acceptable in this case Urgency? Unsure? Contact JFIU
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JOINT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT Case Example 3 – Good KYC / CDD Director of Company X wanted in Japan Frequent substantial withdrawals from Bank account of Company X in Hong Kong KYC / CDD By Accountant for Company X Discovery
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JOINT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT Learning Points Common sense, proportionate approach to KYC and CDD If it looks like a duck………. No risk of prosecution
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JOINT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT Think About This Poor / Negligible CDD / KYC Absence of risk based approach Sub Standard STR JFIU unable to make assessment What would you Think?
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JOINT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT Country Comparison STR filed by Accountants Country200520062007 Employment in Accountancy in 2008 Singapore 0/2,076 (0%) 2/3,290 (0.06%) 2/7,621 (0.03%) 875 UK 14,567/ 195,702 (7.44%) 9,896/ 213,202 (4.64%) 8,110/ 220,484 (3.68%) N/A HK 0/13,505 (0%) 0/14,557 (0%) 3/15,457 (0.02%) 3715
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JOINT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT STR filed by Accountants 20052006200720082009 No. of STR Received 13,50514,55715,45714,83816,062 Filed by Accountant 003611 Percentage (%) 0.00% 0.02%0.04%0.07%
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JOINT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT Some Final Thoughts JFIU understands the burden that CDD and KYC entails Law / International Standards Increase in quality STRs from the sector desirable – intelligence is our business JFIU is here to help – Contact us
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JOINT FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT Contact JFIU Telephone:2866 3366 Fax :2529 4013 Email:jfiu@police.gov.hkjfiu@police.gov.hk Mail:GPO Box 6555 Hong Kong stewartmcglynn@police.gov.hktewartmcglynn@police.gov.hk Telephone:2860 3547
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