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A suspicious-activity report is a form that financial institutions have to fill out and send to the government if they think a crime has happened during a money transaction. It replaced two older forms, the criminal-referral form and the suspicious-transaction report. The abbreviation for this form is SAR.
A suspicious-activity report is a form that financial institutions must fill out and send to federal authorities if they suspect that a federal crime has taken place during a monetary transaction. This form is abbreviated as SAR and was introduced in 1996, replacing two earlier forms: the criminal-referral form and the suspicious-transaction report.
Here are some examples of situations that might require a suspicious-activity report:
In each of these cases, the financial institution has reason to suspect that a federal crime may be taking place, such as money laundering, fraud, or terrorism financing. By submitting a suspicious-activity report, the institution can help law enforcement agencies investigate and prevent these crimes.