[Chancellor Palpatine]

Yup. Structuring is the operating principle here.

[longtermmemmory]

stucturing is an issue for the bank NOT rush. Besides the activity has to be suspicious, a 9000 dollar paycheck is not suspicious.

bet the left coasties do the same thing with their private bankers.

There is NOTHING underhanded or odd here. The bank was operating under the exemption for not reporting transactions by known parties or "reason to know" not laundering.

[alnick]

You know, I can see using the pattern of withdrawals as a tool to look closer at a person's activity, but the mere act of withdrawing one's own money, no matter what the pattern of withdrawal, is not criminal.