Here is the gist of the NYer article =>
“A law-enforcement official released the documents after finding that additional suspicious transactions [by Cohen] did not appear in a government database.”
According to fincen, disclosing a sar is a federal offense, carrying penalties including fines of up to two hundred and fifty thousand dollars and imprisonment for up to five years.
This individual better hope he has some heavy protection, because this is the sort of small fry that get gobbled up first.