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Bessent Ramps Up Minnesota Scrutiny With Money Services Probe
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The US Treasury is preparing to announce a crackdown on money services businesses in Minnesota as part of an ongoing probe into fraud and alleged money laundering.
The Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network will lead an investigation into at least four money services businesses and require transactions over $3,000 to be reported to the government.
The Treasury will enhance surveillance in two counties in Minnesota, including requiring people sending money via MSBs to check a box saying whether they are on public assistance.
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The US Treasury is preparing to announce a crackdown on money services businesses in Minnesota as part of an ongoing probe into fraud and alleged money laundering in the state, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in an interview with Fox News on Thursday.
Bessent said the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, would lead an investigation into at least four money services businesses, which facilitate wire transfers, as part of the push.
He also said that FinCEN would require transactions over $3,000 to be reported to the government as part of a geographic targeting order. Bessent said in December that this information will be shared with law enforcement agencies investigating the transfer of money to areas of concern, including Somalia.
“We are here to follow the money, because that’s what Treasury does,” Bessent told Fox News host Laura Ingraham. “We did it with the mafia, we have done it with the cartels and now we are going to do it with these Somali fraudsters.”
Bessent also said that for two counties in Minnesota, the Treasury will enhance surveillance, requiring people sending money via MSBs to check a box saying whether they are on public assistance.
The Treasury will push to require that people on public assistance can no longer wire money out of the country if on public assistance in these cases, Bessent said.
Read more: Treasury to Scrutinize Somalia Money as Trump Slams Nation
The Treasury Department didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment seeking further details of the new probes and regulatory changes.
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