ACAMS CAMS Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 25

How can a 'free-look provision' as part of a life insurance policy help criminals to launder money?

Since its last regulatory examination, a financial institution has aggressively grown by adding profitable new products and services. The institution has not historically received regulatory criticism regarding its anti-money laundering compliance program. However, a recent regulatory examination cited significant deficiencies in the anti-money laundering program that were attributed primarily to the lack of oversight by the institution's leadership in implementing adequate controls over the new products and services.

Which area of international control should leadership first address to correct the weaknesses in the program?

An auction house dealing in fine art and antiques sells a well-known painting at a price of $12 million to an agent bidding for a group of local investors. The same painting sold ten years prior at auction for $5 million. The auction house receives payment for the painting via wire transfer from an account maintained in an offshore jurisdiction by the investor group. No beneficial ownership information is available for the account.

What are the two money laundering red flags? (Choose two.)

How can violations of anti-money laundering laws be a risk to individuals?

A director of a financial institution was convicted of laundering money as part of a Ponzi scheme and terminated. As a result of an internal investigation evidence proved that an employee assisted in the illegal activity.

Which action should the institution take?

The new compliance officer has reviewed the bank's anti-money laundering training program. The program consists of online training for all new employees within 30 days of hire date and annual refresher training to all employees. In addition, there is specialized training for areas that deal with higher risk products and customers.

Over the last year, there have been no regulatory changes and no new products or services have been introduced. The compliance officer wants to propose to the board of directors that the annual refresher training is still current and can be delivered unchanged to all employees.

Which two critical pieces of information could be missed by taking this approach? (Choose two.)

An institution receives a request for credit from a local company that has been a client for many years. The information provided by the company indicates that its assets have increased substantially with the addition of several new subsidiaries. Further research performed by the institution indicates the new subsidiaries are recently created shell companies.

Could this indicate potential money laundering?

Which method to finance terrorism involves falsifying transaction-related documents?

Bank A is a non-United States (U.S.) bank that has $5 million in a correspondent account at a bank in New York City. The Worldwide Terrorist Syndicate (WTS) has $1 million in its account at a non-US branch of Bank A. The U.S. government has initiated forfeiture action against the WTS.

Which potential action can the U.S. take under the USA PATRIOT ACT pursuant to the issuance seizure warrant?