ACAMS Today Magazine (Nov-Dec 2008) Vol. 7 No. 6 | Page 39

PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS is large and if they default, the bank may not recover the debt. Or if the property given as collateral by a client is connected to crime, subsequently seized and then forfeited to the state, the bank would be the loser. Launderers are dishonest persons and may borrow with no intention of paying back. Knowing your customer is nonnegotiable. When the bank has deposit balances belonging to one or more related parties or lends to one or more related parties, it exposes its