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Federal Law Enforcement Using Banks to Circumvent Warrant Requirement in Surveilling Sensitive Financial Data of Americans
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2024
by James Mills
published in Criminal Legal News
January, 2025, page 42
Filed under:
Police State-Surveillance,
Exception to Warrant Requirement,
Bank/Financial Institution.
Location:
United States of America.
by James Mills
Federal law enforcement agencies have been gathering sensitive financial information of American citizens by manipulating the Suspicious Activity Report (“SAR”) system, according to the House Judiciary Committee. The Committee accuses the FBI, in particular, of treating financial institutions “as de facto arms of law enforcement.”
The Subcommittee ...
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