[Lurking in Kansas]

Did you know that I would be committing a crime if (at the dealership, in your case) I told you that to avoid a report to the government that you should take out less than $10,000 at a time. The very act of telling you about the law can be construed as violating the law. Isn't that just peachy?

Is it illegal to tell me that if you told me it will be violating the law?
Or is it just the initial telling me a violation?

[skip2myloo]

Just move along, nothing happening here. Don't worry about the threats of terrorism (or anything else), we're the government - we're professionals, let us worry about it.

[Badray]

"Is it illegal to tell me that if you told me it will be violating the law? Or is it just the initial telling me a violation?"

If I tell you that the bank is required to report a $10,000.00 cash withdrawal to the fedguv, they can construe that to mean that I was telling you to 'structure' the deal to avoid the report. Structuring is a crime and the feds can and have prosecuted people for it. Some car salesmen in the DC area about 10 years ago got a Club Fed vacation as a result.