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Discontent with FinCEN’s Direction Centered in Legal Office
By Colby Adams
printA decision by the U.S. Treasury to reshape the nation's financial intelligence unit has spurred serious concerns about the direction of the agency. Findings of a 2013 survey by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management of employees of the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, reflect a rocky first full year for the bureau under the directorship of Jennifer Shasky Calvery, a former federal prosecutor appointed to the position in August 2012. Raw data obtained by ACAMS moneylaundering.com indicates dissent from FinCEN's Office of Chief Counsel (OCC) for the bureau's leadership. In 2013, none of the OCC respondents said they...
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