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Pearson CAMS-FCI New Attempt

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Advanced CAMS-Financial Crimes Investigations Questions and Answers

Question 25

A client with many personal and business deposits with the financial institution (Fl) seeks a business loan. The client wants to guarantee the loan with a trust for which they are the beneficiary.

An investigator examines the trust. The trust has many layers, including shell companies in known tax havens. The client's ultimate beneficial ownership claim cannot be validated, and the loan is denied.

Two months later, the Fl receives a law enforcement (LE) request on one of the client's business accounts. While reviewing the business account, the Fl receives another LE request on the same account from another agency. The requested information is shared.

Three months later, a branch manager receives a request to open a business deposit account related to a complex trust. The manager forwarded the request because of the complexity. The trust was the same as the previously examined trust, but the request came from a different client. The second client also has many accounts with the Fl. Further inspection finds links between the second client and the Paradise Papers. The Papers state the client led illegal activities and committed tax evasion.

What steps should the investigator take to review the accounts held by the second client who is listed in the Paradise Papers? (Select Two.)

Options:

A.

Recommend a SAR/STR be filed regarding the second client's use of a questionable trust to open an account.

B.

Review all accounts being reviewed by AML investigators over the past year that have opened trust accounts.

C.

Inform Fl management of deficiencies in their AML program because the second client's activities were not detected.

D.

Monitor all accounts and entities related to the second client

E.

Inform Fl management of the start of a serious risk-based investigation that could result in losses and reputation risk.

Question 26

During a review, an analyst notices discrepancies between a customer's nature of business listed on the business registry and what was stated on the customers application. The analyst should:

Options:

A.

clarify discrepancies noted in the customer's declared profile given the downstream impact on the risk assessment.

B.

close the review as there is no adverse news in the public domain.

C.

review all documents for whether certified true copies are submitted.

D.

accept discrepancies in the information given the onboarding team did not flag any issue.

Question 27

A compliance officer of a financial institution is reviewing a payment for sanctions compliance between two parties in Europe and Asia. The payment is in Euros and involves the provision of services to a company located in a jurisdiction subject to Office of Foreign Assets Control secondary sanctions. Which factor is most important in determining the compliance officer's response?

Options:

A.

Asset freezes only prohibit US companies from engaging in certain activities with counterparts from a sanctioned jurisdiction.

B.

A one-off commercial transaction conducted between parties in Europe and Asia is not subject to secondary sanctions.

C.

The threat of US sanctions against foreign individuals and entities continues to exist despite the absence of a US nexus.

D.

Secondary sanctions only target specific sectors of the economy such as the banking and finance sectors.

Question 28

CLIENT INFORMATION FORM Client Name: ABC Tech Corp Client ID. Number: 08125 Name: ABC Tech Corp Registered Address: Mumbai, India Work Address: Mumbai, India Cell Phone: "*•"'" Alt Phone: "*""* Email: ........"

Client Profile Information:

Sector: Financial

Engaged in business from (date): 02 Jan 2020 Sub-sector: Software-Cryptocurrency Exchange Expected Annual Transaction Amount: 125,000 USD Payment Nature: Transfer received from clients’ fund

Received from: Clients

Received for: Sale of digital assets

The client identified itself as Xryptocurrency Exchange." The client has submitted the limited liability partnership deed. However, the bank's auditing team is unable to identify the client's exact business profile as the cryptocurrency exchange specified by the client as their major business awaits clearance from the country's regulator. The client has submitted documents/communications exchanged with the regulator and has cited the lack of governing laws in the country of their operation as the reason for the delay.

During the financial crime investigation, the investigator discovers that some of the customer due diligence (CDD) documents submitted by the client were fraudulent. The investigator also finds that some of the information in the financial institution's information depository is false. What should the financial crime investigator do next?

Options:

A.

Report collusion between the cryptocurrency exchange and internal staff in the internal hotline or whistle-blowing channel.

B.

Request that the relationship manager conduct a CDD refresh as it is a material trigger.

C.

Escalate to the compliance officer/money laundering reporting officer to file a SAR/STR.

D.

Contact the client directly and obtain the relevant notarized documents and information.

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