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REPORT: DOJ WANTS BANKS TO CALL POLICE ON CUSTOMERS WITHDRAWING $5,000 OR MORE

Midwest sticky

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I don't know what things are like in the state/country you live in but here when I visit my safety deposit box, me and a teller go in I hand him my key he takes out his key unlocks the box then leaves the room when I'm done he comes back in I hand him my key again he relocks the box hands me my key and says have a good one. He doesn't even pull the box out just unlocks it and leaves the room.complete privacy.
But it's never a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket.
 

aridbud

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I've not had the police called in my transactions, EVER! Have deposited (or withdrawn)
~$4,000 - casino wins, or withdrawing to buy used car (cash). Only when I went over the $10k deposit, (back in 2010 great gambling year), I had to sign a form to "alert" the IRS. From then on....it was $2-4k (or under) for casino wins deposited.

Deposited thrice in the last 2 months- $8k from estate auction, a few W-2G's proceeds (yep, guv'nment takes their cut on gaming wins) under $1,800.

I might be on someone's radar, but not changing my routine.
 
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igrowone

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I don't know what things are like in the state/country you live in but here when I visit my safety deposit box, me and a teller go in I hand him my key he takes out his key unlocks the box then leaves the room when I'm done he comes back in I hand him my key again he relocks the box hands me my key and says have a good one. He doesn't even pull the box out just unlocks it and leaves the room.complete privacy.
But it's never a good idea to put all your eggs in one basket.

it's a lot like growing
don't do anything to bring attention to yourself and it's cool
if you fuck up though, that's when the shit will fly
get nailed for something major and all the threads unravel
 

Easy7

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I knew someone on a bank board. They said 8k and even if you ask questions about the red flag system, you get investigated. I am surprised more people aren't in prison. Shit is that strict these days!
 

SKUNK420

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we are all just screwing ourselves over very very slowly. We are using cashless ways to pay for products and services such as Apple's iPay Google wallet etc... Then you got the hackers trying to steal your digital money.
We pay monthly fees for our smartphones and home internet service which means WE track our own activity and pay for it, screw the NSA stuff. All the feds do is hit your service provider up with a warrant. All the people who have jobs developing apps want access to everything in phones. Your home computers are next. I bet these same app developers wouldn't not sign a service agreement that lets the cable guy go thought their personal files when the cable guy is there just to hook up digital t.v. service. All this internet tracking for personalized advertising or recommended stuff you may like is the stuff wet dreams are made of for the Russia KGB or now our own government
In the end we are helping soft tyranny become real tyranny. Get used to it.
 

Phases

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This is crazy !! I wonder what the limit is in Canada, any one know what is here Canadians have as a maximum limit before the banks start squeeling to the piggys?
 

furrywall11

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Damn that shit is cray-cray! L:-0 ....I'm on good terms with the tellers at my bank and they _must_ know what a lot of us are up to...shoot, I've seen obvious growers going into their safety deposit boxes, making 2900 deposits..etc. Be safe out there.
 

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aridbud

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http://www.tba.org/journal/dividing-your-deposits-is-a-federal-crime

DO NOT deposit it in smaller amounts. Even if the money is clean. It is called trying to deceive the bank and you will go to prison.

Read what happened to Johnnie Gaskins. Clean money can become dirty by how you deposit it.

In hind sight, going to a casino, using their ATM to show he withdrew sums, then deposited might have been the thing to do.

There had to be another red flag not mentioned in article.

Money Laundering Bill....how ironic
 

mowood3479

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http://www.tba.org/journal/dividing-your-deposits-is-a-federal-crime

DO NOT deposit it in smaller amounts. Even if the money is clean. It is called trying to deceive the bank and you will go to prison.

Read what happened to Johnnie Gaskins. Clean money can become dirty by how you deposit it.


This isn't entirely accurate.
Just depositing money into a bank account isn't a crime. It becomes a crime when u purposely structure ur depositing schedule to avoid irs red flags.
It's not the bank that ud be trying to deceive it's the irs.

But ya it's just another way for the federal govt to fuck u over, lock u up and take ur bread.
They have been really horny to prosecute people for structuring deposits to avoid irs flags for a few years now...
They have to pay for all those bombs somehow.
 

mowood3479

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The bank has an obligation to file a form with the irs for cash deposits exceeding a certain amount (used to be 10k, n if I recall correctly it has been lowered to 5k..). Banks are encouraged (but not obligated) to file the form with the irs for any cash deposit they deem suspicious...
Anyway, my point is it's not the banks who are the scoundrels in this particular scenario.. (At least Imo)... It's the irs
Not that the banks don't have quite the track record of nefarious shit. I kinda think banking=slimeball
Idk maybe I'm ready to be a commie... Sick of all the unfettered capitalism 24/7/365. Rich get richer and the poor get jailed.
Ok rant over, gonna go by a powerball ticket.
 

GanjaGuru710

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like someone said earlier in the thread, i'm glad to have stumbled upon this article for it has solidified my suspicions of using a bank for anything shy of petty internet purchases. Big brother is always watching and i can't help but feel angry and violated as does a large percentage of our country. This type of scrutiny is nothing but more motivation to live under the radar and above the law.
 

TychoMonolyth

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This is why it's good to have a real job, deposit paychecks live off your loot.

You need to do a bit more than that if you want to spend it doing cool stuff and buying awesome things.

Things haven't changed since the 70s and 80s. When someone asked me how I could afford that 68 Chevelle SS, I said, "Quit spending your money on chips and chocolate bars". BTW, I borrowed some cash for the car because I had a job and wanted to show debt. This was way before any reporting requirements, but I still covered my tracks. I'd see a dealer, no job, driving around in a custom van (they were big then), and next thing you'd hear, he was busted. lol.

I know a 19 year old kid in 1st yr college (payed his own way) who gets up Saturday and Sunday mornings, makes and sells fucking grill cheeses at the local farmer's market until noon, and just bought a house (he also rents rooms out to other students). He said grill cheeses are becoming a problem because he's starting to sell a lot since he started adding bacon! lol.

So you have to pay a little income tax. Big deal. Be an honest upstanding American taxpayer and you'll do fine. But if you can't figure out the value of a hotdog cart, then maybe you should exit before you end up in the sin bin.

Remember, even your favorite pair of jeans will shrink in the wash.
 

Skip

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Would you believe some banks are now starting to charge you extra for depositing cash (due to these regulations requiring more labor to handle).

There will soon be a major push by big corporations & banks to remove cash transactions completely. It's already happening in many other countries that are well wired.
 

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