From: "Robert G Lewis" 

On the Plus side ( from the comments section):

Jennifer: If it makes you feel any better, your bank hates it as much as
you do. It's just one more thing we're required to do by the damnable
government that costs us money and customers. There are certain industries
that are "high risk" for money laundering (as decided by the OCC)
that we have to monitor more closely at great expense, to the point where
it isn't really profitable to take on new customers from those sectors.
Lawyers and Accountants are on this list now, in addition to car dealers,
check cashing establishements, etc.

It's our job, as far as the regulators are concerned anyway, to catch
"money laundering", which is so damn broadly defined it makes my
head spin. I'm glad I'm not our Risk Management Officer, that's for damn
sure. If the government doesn't want people committing crimes, they should
do the leg work. Why the hell do we care, and why on Earth should it be our
responsibility to bear the responsibility for the actions of others and the
costs of catching them at it?



They will be watching Lawyers and accountants closer , Any Lawyers or
accounts here ? 

"John Cuccia"  wrote in message
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> in the War on Debt-Free Consumers.
>
> Let this be a lesson to anyone who wants to change their spending
> habits:  Big Brother is watching!
>
> http://www.reason.com/hitandrun/2006/03/terrorists_hate.shtml
> Walter and Deana Soehnge are retirees who tried to pay off $6,522 on
> their JC Penney MasterCard. When the balance didn't go down, they
> called to find out what was up:
>
> They both learned the same astounding piece of information about the
> little things that can set the threat sensors to beeping and blinking.
> They were told, as they moved up the managerial ladder at the call
> center, that the amount they had sent in was much larger than their
> normal monthly payment. And if the increase hits a certain percentage
> higher than that normal payment, Homeland Security has to be notified.
> And the money doesn't move until the threat alert is lifted.
>

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