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ACAMS Study Guide (6th Edition) Chapter 1 Practice Questions and Answers What is Money Laundering? - Answer-Money laundering is the taking of criminal proceeds and disguising their illegal sources in order to use the funds to perform legal or illegal acts. Describe the three phases of Money La...

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ACAMS Study Guide (6th Edition)
Chapter 1 Practice Questions and
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What is Money Laundering? - Answer✔✔-Money laundering is the taking of criminal proceeds

and disguising their illegal sources in order to use the funds to perform legal or illegal acts.


Describe the three phases of Money Laundering. - Answer✔✔-1) Placement is the physical

disposal of cash or other assets derived from criminal activity.


2) Layering is the separation of illicit proceeds from their source by layers of financial

transactions intended to conceal the origin of the proceeds.


3) Integration is supplying apparent legitimacy to illicit wealth through the re-entry of the funds

into the economy in what appears to be normal business or personal transactions


Give an example of the first stage of money laundering. - Answer✔✔-- Co-mingling illegitimate

funds with legitimate ones;


- making foreign exchange transactions with illegal funds;


- depositing small amounts of cash into various accounts;


- currency smuggling by cross border physical movement of cash;



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- repayment of legitimate loans


Give an example of the second stage of money laundering. - Answer✔✔-- Electronically moving

funds from one country to another;


- moving funds from one financial institution to another;


- converting the cash placed into the system into monetary instruments;


- investing in real estate and other legitimate businesses;


- placing money in stocks or bonds; using shell companies to obscure the ultimate beneficial

owner and assets.


Give an example of the third stage of money laundering. - Answer✔✔-- Purchasing luxury assets

like property, artwork, jewelry or high-end automobiles;


- investing in business enterprises.


What are the economic effects of money laundering? - Answer✔✔-1) Loss of control of, or

mistakes in, decisions regarding economic policy. Due to the large amounts of money involved

in the money laundering process, in some emerging market countries these illicit proceeds may

dwarf government budgets.


2) Economic distortion and instability. Money launderers invest their money in activities that are

not necessarily economically beneficial to the country.


3) Loss of tax revenue. Money launderers diminishes government tax revenue and indirectly

harms honest taxpayers.


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4) Risks to privatization efforts


5) Reputation risk for the country, and


6) Social costs


Describe 4 types of risk associated with money laundering faced by a financial institution. -

Answer✔✔-1) Reputational risk is described as the potential that adverse publicity regarding an

organization's business practices and associations, whether accurate or not, will cause a loss of

public confidence in the integrity of the organization.


2) Operational risk is described as the potential for loss resulting from inadequate internal

processes, personnel or systems or from external events.


3) Legal risk is the potential for lawsuits, adverse judgments, unenforceable contracts, fines and

penalties generating losses, increased expenses for an organization, or even the closure of the

organization.


4) Concentration risk is the potential for loss resulting from too much credit or loan exposure to

one borrower or group of borrowers.


What are the Methods of Money Laundering through Banks? - Answer✔✔-1) Electronic

Transfers of Funds


2) Remote Deposit Capture


3) Correspondent Banking


4) Payable Through Accounts


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