The new enforcement unit within Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network on Tuesday issued its second enforcement action in as many days for alleged anti-money laundering weaknesses, in this case acting against a defunct New Jersey community bank that helped Latin American money changers move $1.5 billion into the U.S. financial system. FinCEN acted in unison with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, issuing a $4.1 million penalty to Saddle River Valley Bank for "willfully" failing to conduct adequate due diligence on Mexican and Dominican money changers and report related suspicious activity between 2009 and mid-2011. "The Bank executed $1.5 billion worth of inadequately monitored transactions on behalf of Mexican and Dominican casas de cambio despite publicly available information … that provided ample notice of the heightened risks of dealing with these institutions," FinCEN stated. FinCEN Director Jennifer Shasky Calvery noted that it is "remarkable" that
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