[Bloody Sam Roberts]

So...just make several $5000 deposits.

[ArtDodger]

You didn’t read the article. That is called structuring and is illegal.

[This_Dude]

Says right there in the article, if you deposit sums of money in such a way as to avoid the creation of records, it’s called structuring, and is illegal

[Responsibility2nd]

So...just make several $5000 deposits.

That's called Layering. That will also trigger a SAR.