Under the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), 31 U.S.C. 5311 et seq., and its implementing regulations at 31 C.F.R. Chapter X (formerly 31 C.F.R. Part 103), FinCEN may bring an enforcement action for violations of the reporting, recordkeeping, or other requirements of the BSA. FinCEN's Office of Enforcement evaluates enforcement matters

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) announced that it has assessed a $1.2 billion penalty against Bank of America, N.A. (Bank of America) for its failure to mitigate and report priority national security risks, including Chinese money laundering networks and illicit finance along the