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Bank Indonesia issued Circular Letter No. 14/38/DASP to establish standard guidelines for Anti-Money Laundering and Prevention of Terrorism Financing programmes for non-bank payment system providers. The regulation mandates that providers formulate and submit written policies and procedures to the central bank, ensuring alignment with minimum standards for customer due diligence, risk management, and internal controls. Additionally, providers are required to appoint specialist units or officers and submit specific reports, including suspicious transaction and cash transaction reports, to the Financial Transaction Reporting and Analysis Centre.
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No. 14 / 38 /DASP Jakarta, 28 December 2012 CIRCULAR LETTER to ALL NON-BANK PROVIDERS OF PAYMENT SYSTEM SERVICES IN INDONESIA Subject: Standard Guidelines for Implementation of the AntiMoney Laundering and Prevention of Terrorism Financing Programme for Non-Bank Providers of Payment System Services In regard to the issuance of Bank Indonesia Regulation Number 14/3/PBI/2012 concerning the Anti-Money Laundering and Prevention of Terrorism Financing Programme for Non-Bank Providers of Payment System Services (State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia Number 86 of 2012, Supplement to the State Gazette Number 5302), hereafter referred to as the AML and PTF BI Regulation, it is necessary to stipulate standard guidelines for implementation of the Anti-Money Laundering and Prevention of Terrorism Financing (AML and PTF) programme for Non-Bank Providers of Payment System Services as follows:
I. STANDARD GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE AML
AND PTF PROGRAMME
In accordance with the AML and PTF BI Regulation, each NonBank Provider of Payment System Services is required to formulate and submit written policies and procedures for implementation of the … Unofficial Translation
BANK INDONESIA Page .. 2 the AML and PTF programme to Bank Indonesia in the form of guidelines for implementation of the AML and PTF programme. In formulating these guidelines for implementation of the AML and PTF programme, Non-Bank Providers of Payment System Services are required to apply the minimum standards stipulated in the Standard Guidelines for Implementation of the AML and PTF Programme as referred to in the Annex, which constitutes an integral part of this Circular Letter of Bank Indonesia. Any Provider having obtained a licence from Bank Indonesia prior to the enactment of the AML and PTF BI Regulation is required to bring its Guidelines for Implementation of Know Your Customer Principles into conformity with these Standard Guidelines for Implementation of the AML and PTF Programme and submit these guidelines to Bank Indonesia no later than 3 (three) months after the entry into force of the AML and PTF BI Regulation, that is to say, 9 September 2013.
II. CONCLUDING PROVISIONS
The provisions of this Circular Letter of Bank Indonesia shall enter into force on 8 June 2013. For the public to be informed, it is ordered that this Circular Letter of Bank Indonesia be promulgated in the State Gazette of the Republic of Indonesia. Kindly be informed. BANK INDONESIA, BOEDI ARMANTO HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND THE PAYMENT SYSTEM
CHAPTER I
INTRODUCTION
To prevent the exploitation of Non-Bank Providers of Payment System Services, encompassing issuers and/or acquires in Card-Based Payment Instrument (CBPI) activities, issuers and/or acquirers of Electronic Money (e-money) and/or providers of Remittance Services (RS), hereafter referred to as Providers, as vehicles for money laundering and/or terrorism financing, Providers are required to apply the Anti-Money Laundering and Prevention of Terrorism Financing (AML and PTF) programme as stipulated in Bank Indonesia Regulation No. 14/3/PBI/2012 concerning the AntiMoney Laundering and Prevention of Terrorism Financing Programme for Non-Bank Providers of Payment System Services (AML and PTF BI Regulation). A. Money Laundering
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- a. Smurfing, i.e. attempts to circumvent reporting by splitting transactions so that they are conducted by many parties. b. Structuring, i.e. attempts to circumvent reporting by splitting transactions in order to reduce transaction amounts.
c. U turns, i.e. attempts to obscure the origin of proceeds of
crime by conducting multiple transactions for subsequent return to the original sender. d. Cuckoo smurfing, i.e. attempts to obscure the original source of funds by sending funds originating from proceeds of crime through third parties waiting for inward remittances and unaware that the funds received by them constitute proceeds of crime. e. Use of third parties, i.e. transactions conducted with the use of third party identities for the purpose of avoiding detection of the identity of the actual parties who hold the funds from proceeds of crime. f. Mingling, i.e. mixing funds from proceeds of crime with funds originating from legitimate business activities with the objective of obscuring the original source of these funds. g. Use of false identities, i.e. transactions conducted with the use of false identities in an attempt to impede the tracing of identity and detection of money laundering. B. Terrorism Financing
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- activities, whether with assets constituting proceeds of crime or with legitimately acquired assets.
3. To prevent Providers from being exploited as a vehicle for crimes
of terrorism financing, each Provider needs to implement the AML and PTF Programme in an adequate manner.
C. Policies for Implementation of the AML and PTF Programme
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Transactions are defined as transactions for executing or receiving placement, deposit, withdrawal, book-keeping transfer, transfer, payment, grant, donation, safekeeping and/or exchange of a sum of money or other money-related action and/or activity. Cash Transaction is defined as a Transaction conducted with the use of banknotes and/or coins.
3. Incoming and outgoing international funds transfer
Transactions.
Transactions that must be reported in regard to incoming and outgoing international funds transfers are stipulated by PPATK. The reporting procedure shall follow the guidelines issued by PPATK.
CHAPTER II …
CHAPTER II
MANAGEMENT
Support for implementation of the AML and PTF Programme necessitates responsibilities to be assigned to the Board of Directors and active oversight conducted by the Board of Commissioners, in addition to establishment of a specialist unit and/or appointment of an officer responsible for implementation of the AML and PTF Programme. A. Responsibilities of the Board of Directors and Active Oversight by the Board of Commissioners
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- f. Ensure the updating of customer profiles and customer transaction profiles.
2. Active Oversight by the Board of Commissioners
a. Approval of policies for implementation of the AML and PTF programme; and b. Oversight of the discharge of responsibilities of the Board of Directors in regard to implementation of the AML and PTF programme. B. Specialist Unit
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- implementation of the AML and PTF programme shall be discharged by a member of the Board of Directors.
2. Organisational Structure
a. In carrying out its duties, the SU or designated employee shall report to and be responsible to the competent Director. b. The SU or designated employee shall coordinate implementation of the AML and PTF programme in all operational units, including branch offices.
3. Duties and Responsibilities
The principal duties of the SU or officer responsible for implementation of the AML and PTF Programme are:
a. monitor the operation of systems supporting the AML and PTF programme, including but not limited to developing a suitable mechanism for communication from the operational units or relevant employees to the SU or employee responsible for implementation of the AML and PTF programme, while ensuring confidentiality of information (anti-tipping off); b. monitor the updating of User profiles and User transaction profiles;
c. monitor to ensure that policies and procedures are aligned
to the latest developments in the AML and PTF programme, the product risks of the Provider, the activities and complexity of the business conducted by the Provider and the transaction volume of the Provider; d. receive and analyse reports from operational units of potentially suspicious transactions; e. prepare STRs and other reports as referred to in the AML Law for submission to PPATK; f. monitor areas of high risk in regard to potential for money laundering or terrorism financing with reference to the applicable …
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- applicable regulatory provisions and adequate sources of information; and g. perform the role of contact person for the competent authorities pertaining to implementation of the AML and PTF programme, including but not limited to Bank Indonesia, PPATK and law enforcement agencies.
4. Requirements and Authorisations
a. Employees of the SU or the employee responsible for implementation of the AML and PTF programme must possess adequate knowledge and capacity concerning AML and PTF in addition to other regulations pertaining to the services of the payment system; and b. Employees of the SU or the employee responsible for implementation of the AML and PTF programme must be duly authorised to access all User data and other information pertaining to the performance of their duties.
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CHAPTER III
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CDD AND EDD A. Overview of CDD and EDD Policies and Procedures Customer Due Diligence (CDD) is an activity comprising the identification, verification and monitoring by the Provider to ensure that transactions are conducted in accordance with the relevant User profile. If the Provider has dealings with a User classified high-risk in regard to the possibility of money laundering and terrorism financing, the Provider must apply a more in-depth procedure for CDD known as Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD).
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b. is suspected to be conducting suspicious activities or transactions related to money laundering or terrorism financing; and/or
c. conducts transactions in the rupiah currency and/or
foreign currency in an amount no less than or equal to Rp 100,000,000.00 (one hundred million rupiahs). If the EDD findings identify a clear basis/reason for the transaction, monitoring of the transaction shall proceed as usual. However, if no clear reason can be ascertained, the transaction must be placed under tighter monitoring.
4. Determination of high risk shall be guided by the PPATK
regulations prescribing guidelines for providers of financial services concerning identification of products, Users, business and countries classified as high-risk and guidelines for providers of financial services concerning identification of suspicious transactions pertaining to terrorism financing.
5. Providers are required to conduct EDD as referred to in the
above number 3 by conducting CDD and the following activities:
a. request additional information necessary to ascertain the truthfulness of the prospective User profile; b. request additional supporting documents to obtain assurance of the truthfulness of information concerning identity and sources of funds.
c. conduct regular analysis at least of information of sources
of funds, purpose of transactions and business dealings with related parties; and d. monitor the pattern of transactions more strictly in order to update the profile of the User or Beneficial Owner.
6. Providers must be vigilant for transactions or business dealings
with Users that have ties to countries that have not adequately implemented the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force …
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Force (FATF), for example, Prospective Users who have business partners in countries meeting the criteria of high-risk.
7. Providers must refuse provision of services to prospective Users
who:
a. do not possess legitimate identity documents; b. are unable to provide legitimate identification of the Beneficial Owner;
c. are unable to provide adequate information for development
of a User profile; and/or d. are suspected to use fictitious names or are unwilling to provide a name (anonymous).
8. Providers shall document any User who is refused service as
referred to in the above number 7 in a dedicated register and report such User in an STR if the transactions of that User are implausible or suspicious. B. Policy and Procedures in Identification The written policies and procedures for identification of Users and prospective Users shall encompass at least the following:
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- d. other information enabling the Provider to ascertain the User profile, as may be necessary.
C. Requests for Information
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No. Natural Person Other than Natural Person NonIncorporated Business Entity Legal Entity (including Foundation and Incorporated Association) Government/ Statutory Agency
8. Power-ofAttorney or
other legal document assigning legal power, for person acting for and on behalf of the User Power-ofAttorney or other legal document assigning legal power, for person acting for and on behalf of the User Power-ofAttorney or other legal document assigning legal power, for person acting for and on behalf of the User
9. Nationality
10. Gender
11. Occupation and/or
name of agency/ company and position
12. Identify of Beneficial
Owner, if any
Identify of
Beneficial
Owner, if any
Identify of
Beneficial
Owner, if any
13. Other information
enabling the
Provider to ascertain the User profile, if necessary Other information enabling the Provider to ascertain the User profile, if necessary Other information enabling the Provider to ascertain the User profile, if necessary Other information enabling the Provider to ascertain the User profile, if necessary
3. The information that must be requested of prospective Users for
EDD as referred to in item A.3 covers, at a minimum, the information described in number 2 in addition to information on sources of funds, sources of income and the purpose and objective of the transaction. D. Provision of Information in Processing Funds Transfers In order to obtain information on the identity of Sending Users and ensure that this information is complete, the following provisions apply:
c. Requesting the prospective User to provide more than one
identity document or supporting document issued by a competent authority, if doubts arise over the existing identity card. d. Completion of identity verification process for the prospective User before engaging in business dealings with the prospective User. e. Face-to-face meeting with the prospective User in the first instance of business dealings with the Provider. If the Provider uses the findings of CDD performed by a third party, the Provider shall not be required to meet faceto-face if a face-to-face meeting has previously been conducted by that third party. The meaning of “third party” is any party comprising a reporting party as referred to in the laws and regulations concerning prevention and eradication of money laundering. f. If necessary, the prospective User may be interviewed to obtain assurance of the legitimacy and authenticity of the information, proof of identity and supporting documents of the prospective User. g. If necessary, cross checks may be made to ascertain the consistency of various information provided by the User, including but not limited to:
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- recorded under United Nations (UN) Security Council Resolution 1267. Information on the Terrorist List can be obtained, among others, from the UN website:
http://www.un.org/committees/1267/consolist.shmtl G. Monitoring
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- transaction in departure from the User profile, taking into account anti-tipping off provisions stipulated in the AML Law.
4. If the results of monitoring indicate a similarity or match of
names as referred to in the above item 2.c, the Provider must obtain clarification from the User to ascertain this similarity.
5. If the name and identity of the User match the name of a suspect
or charged person and/or the terrorist list as referred to in item 2.c, the Provider must report the User in an STR.
6. Monitoring of a User must be tightened, among others, if the
following are discovered:
a. high-risk incoming or outgoing international remittance transaction; or b. transaction conducted by the User classified as PEP. Monitoring may be tightened by increasing the frequency of monitoring.
7. All monitoring activities shall be documented on an orderly
basis.
H. Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD)
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- identity, sources of funds, sources of income and the purpose and objective of the transaction.
5. For a User or Beneficial Owner:
a. conduct activities such as those conducted for a prospective User as referred to in number 4; b. conduct regular analysis at least of information concerning identity, sources of funds, sources of income and the purpose and objective of a transaction; and
c. monitor the pattern of transactions by the customer more
closely to ensure the plausibility of a transaction.
I. Updating
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- name of a prospective User. The ultimate responsibility for the outcome of identification and verification and any decision to engage in business dealings with a User constitutes the responsibility of the Provider.
2. A third party as referred to in number 1 is a reporting party in
accordance with the regulatory provisions concerning AntiMoney Laundering and Prevention of Terrorism Financing.
3. The results of CDD that may be used by a Provider are results of
CDD from a third party meeting at least with the following criteria:
a. has a CDD procedure that complies with the applicable regulatory provisions; b. has cooperation with the Provider in the form of a written agreement;
c. is domiciled in a country that has implemented the FATF
recommendations; and d. is willing to comply with requests for information at least concerning:
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- continue to bear full responsibility for the performance of CDD by that other party and shall ensure its compliance with the applicable regulatory provisions.
5. Providers are responsible to administer documents of the results
of CDD conducted by third parties, data of the results of identification and verification as referred to in number 1 and documents for the results of CDD conducted by the Provider itself through other parties not comprising reporting parties (including outsourcing or agents). K. Beneficial Owners
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No. BO of Natural Person User BO of Business User Not Incorporated as Legal Entity BO of User Incorporated as Legal Entity between the prospective User and the Beneficial Owner, as demonstrated among others by letter of appointment, power of attorney or other document Beneficial Owner of the User, demonstrated among others by a written declaration. as the Beneficial Owner of the User, demonstrated among others by articles of association, deed of incorporation or written declaration.
2. Written declaration from
the prospective User concerning the authenticity of identity and sources of funds of the Beneficial Owner Written declaration from the prospective User concerning the authenticity of identity and sources of funds of the Beneficial Owner Written declaration from the prospective User concerning the authenticity of identity and sources of funds of the Beneficial Owner
5. The obligation to provide documents for a Beneficial Owner as
referred to in number 4 does not apply to government agencies or companies listed on the stock exchange. A Beneficial Owner that benefits from this waiver is notwithstanding required to provide documentation by recording the identity of the Beneficial Owner.
6. If the Provider is in doubt or unable to obtain certainty of the
identity of the Beneficial Owner, the Provider is obliged to refuse business dealings or transactions with the prospective User.
L. High-Risk Users and PEPs
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PEPs comprising bearers of state office in Indonesia, the criteria are as follows:
Table 3. Criteria for PEPs
Legal Provision Definition Remarks Act No. 28 of 1999 concerning Clean Bearers of State Office Untainted by Corruption, Collusion and Nepotism State Officials performing executive, legislative or judicial functions and other officials whose functions and key duties pertain to the state office in accordance with the applicable provisions of laws and regulations. State Official at a Supreme Institution of State; State Official at a High Institution of State; Minister; Governor; Judge; Other state official according to the provisions of laws and regulations; and Other official holding a strategic function in relation to state office according to the provisions of applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to board of directors of an SOE and board of directors of a Regional Government Enterprise. Circular Letter SE/03/ M.PAN/01/2005 dated 20 January 2005 concerning Disclosure of Assets Owned by Bearers of State Office. Bearers of State Office Echelon II official and other official of equivalent standing at a government agency and/or statutory agency. All heads of offices under the Ministry of Finance Supervisors of Customs and Excise; Auditors; Officials issuing licensing; Officials/Heads of Public Service Units; and Officials responsible for regulatory development Parties classified as PEPs also include:
a. companies owned or managed by a PEP; b. relatives …
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- b. relatives of PEPs to the second degree; and/or
c. parties who in a general sense are publicly known to have
close ties with PEPs.
3. High-Risk Business
Examples of high-risk business include but are not limited to the following:
a. securities dealers operating as stock brokers (corporate customers); b. insurance companies and insurance brokers (companies);
c. money changes (companies);
d. pension funds and business funding (companies); e. entertainment facilities and executive clubs; f. remittance services; g. accountancy, legal and notarial services (companies/natural persons); h. surveyor services and real estate agents (companies);
i. precious metals dealer (companies/natural person);
j. dealers of antique goods, car dealers, dealers of ships and vendors of luxury goods; or k. travel agents.
4. User transactions pertaining to other high-risk countries.
Examples of high-risk countries include, but are not limited to:
a. country in which the implementation of FATF recommendations is identified as inadequate; b. included in the FATF statement list;
c. widely known to be a place of narcotics production and
centre of the narcotics trade; d. widely known to apply strict banking secrecy laws; e. known to be a tax haven, among others on the basis of recent data from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In May 2009, 35 countries …
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- countries and territories were categorised as tax havens as follows:
CHAPTER IV
RISK-BASED APPROACH
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Low Medium High Users of Indonesian nationality, who when opening an account use an address outside the territory of Indonesia. User Business Address/ Location Business address/ location in the same district/ municipality or bordering the district/ municipality in which [the Provider] is located. Business address/ location outside the district/ municipality in which the NonBank Provider of Payment System Services is located. Business address/ location of the User is in a free trade zone. User Profile Farmers/farm labourers Company employees Persons classified high-risk in accordance with the guidelines specified in PPATK rules. Employees of companies categorised highrisk. Vendors at traditional markets Money changers or remittance services Cash-based business, such as mini markets, parking attendants or lots, restaurants, filling stations, vendors of phone topups Transaction Value Low value transactions, e.g. below Rp 1,000,000.00 (one million rupiahs) and commensurate to the user profile. Sizeable transactions, but supported by adequate documents or documents nevertheless deemed plausible or commensurate to the user profile. Large cash transactions, e.g. more than Rp 100,000,000.00 (one hundred million rupiah) and/or not commensurate to the customer profile.
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CHAPTER V
DOCUMENT ADMINISTRATION AND REPORTING A. Document Administration
CHAPTER VI
INTERNAL CONTROL
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- tests with focus on CDD and high-risk operations, products and services; b. possess capacity and knowledge pertaining to AML and PTF;
c. conduct assessment of the adequacy of the processes in
place at the Provider for identifying and reporting suspicious transactions; and d. convey reports of examination findings to the Board of Directors and/or management on a timely basis.
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CHAPTER VII
HUMAN RESOURCES AND EMPLOYEE TRAINING A. Human Resources
c. Employees dealing face-to-face with Users must receive
training before taking up their position.
2. Training Methods
Training may be conducted by:
a. provision of in-house training; b. enrolling employees in training conducted by another party, whether in the form of workshop or seminar;
c. knowledge sharing, and/or
d. learning with the use of electronic media (e-learning) and in meetings.
3. Training Topics
Training topics shall cover at least the following:
a. implementation of the laws and regulations pertaining to the AML and PTF programme; b. techniques, methods and typology of money laundering or terrorism financing, including trends and developments in the risk profile of payment system services; and
c. policies and procedures for implementation of the AML and
PTF programme and the roles and responsibilities of employees in eradicating money laundering or terrorism financing, including consequences should an employee provide a tip-off about a Suspicious Transaction Report being put together or conveyed to PPATK.
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CHAPTER VIII
ILLUSTRATIONS AND EXAMPLES
OF CASES OF SUSPICIOUS TRANSACTIONS IN NON-BANK PROVISION OF PAYMENT SYSTEM SERVICES A. Illustrative Cases of Suspicious Transactions
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elements of ST:
The above series of transactions (daily turnover) is in departure from the business profile of the User (Shop X).
2. Illustrative Case of ST in Operation of Electronic Money Activities
Case:
Mr Y, a citizen of Jakarta, is the holder of Electronic Money issued by Issuer B. From the outset of his use of Electronic Money, Mr. Y had elected to use the registered type enabling him to hold a maximum value of Rp5,000,000.00 (five million) rupiahs) with cash withdrawal and funds transfer facilities. Under the Electronic Money regulations issued by Bank Indonesia, the maximum total use of electronic money during 1 (one) month is Rp20,000,000.00 (twenty million rupiahs). During the first 1 (one) year of use of the Electronic Money, all transactions conducted by Mr. Y were for payment of toll road charges in the Jakarta area, with average monthly use of Rp500,000.00 (five hundred thousand rupiahs). In the second year, Mr. Y made an additional purchase of 9 (nine) cards of new registered Electronic Money. With the 10 (ten) cards of Electronic Money held, Mr. Y conducted funds transfer and cash withdrawal transactions in the first month of the second year with a total value of Rp180,000,000.00 (one hundred and eighty million rupiahs). In addition, data held by the Issuer revealed that all cash withdrawal transactions were made with authorisation given to different third parties in various regions of Indonesia. Suspicious Indicators:
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- electronic money for use in funds transfer and cash withdrawal transactions in large amounts.
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Elements of ST:
The above series of transactions contain the following elements:
i. Money in large amounts, but sources of funds that are
doubtful or not consistent with the financial situation of the User. j. User is unduly well-informed of the reporting requirements or internal control of the Non-Bank Provider of Payment System Services, its supervision and operational processes. k. User provides inconsistent information to different employees of the same Non-Bank Provider of Payment System Services.
l. Detailed information about the User is unclear or difficult to
verify. m. User exhibits strong curiosity of something pertaining to a procedure for exemption. n. User is secretive and avoids face-to-face meeting. o. User provides excessive explanation of a transaction. p. Questions put to the employee of the Non-Bank Provider of Payment System Services are not relevant or unreasonable. q. User is hurried, panicky or nervous. r. Information provided by the User contradicts information obtained from other sources. s. User uses multiple addresses similar to each other. t. Information of name, address or date of birth is inconsistent. u. User refuses to provide explanations or attempts to conceal matters by changing the subject to other matters not pertaining to the transaction in question (large transaction conducted by the User within a certain period).
v. User refuses to answer questions during clarification of
User data by an officer of the Non-Bank Provider of Payment System Services by asserting that the User is a prominent/important person or has close ties with officials in a certain region. w. Pattern …
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- w. Pattern of User transactions in departure from established habits, for example the User normally conducts transactions by courier and then switches to written orders.
x. Pattern of User transactions that are seldom or never
conducted in cash suddenly switches to cash in very significant amounts. y. User reported as involved in criminal acts (corruption, illegal logging, etc.), thus indicating that the funds originate from these acts. z. User provides an implausible explanation of a cash remittance made in a very large amount.
3. Activities Categorised as Illegal
a. The User is reported in the media as a person suspected of involvement in illegal activities or crime. b. Funds transfer instructions are received from a tax haven or country well known for terrorism financing.
4. Suspicious transactions involving employees of a Provider and/or
its agents a. Large increase in the wealth of an employee and/or agent of a Non-Bank Provider of Payment System Services without adequate explanation. b. Transaction dealings through agents not accompanied by adequate information on the ultimate beneficiary.
5. Other Types of Transactions
a. Transaction activity out of character with the User Profile (e.g. age, occupation, income). b. User frequently changes address and signature.
c. User insistently refuses to provide required information and
documents or is willing to provide only minimum information, and/or provides information inconsistent with supporting documents.
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CHAPTER IX
GLOSSARY
Beneficial Owner: a person holding funds who controls the transactions of a User, issues authorisation for the event of a transaction and/or exercises control by means of a legal entity or agreement. Cuckoo Smurfing: efforts to obscure original sources of funds by sending funds from proceeds of crime through accounts of third parties who wait for incoming remittances of funds and are unaware that the funds they receive constitute proceeds of crime. Customer Due Diligence: is an activity comprising identification, verification and monitoring by a Non-Bank Provider of Payment System Services to ensure that transactions are conducted in accordance with the profile of a user of banking services. Enhanced Due Diligence: CDD and other activities conducted by a NonBank Provider of Payment System Services to ascertain in-depth the profile of a prospective User, User or Beneficial Owner categorised high-risk, including a PEP, in regard to the possibility of money laundering and terrorism financing. Financial Action Task Force (FATF): founded in 1989 by the G7 group of nations and tasked with assessing the results of existing international cooperation in prevention of exploitation of the banking system as a vehicle for money laundering, among others, by issuing comprehensive anti-money laundering standards. Front Liner/Officer: officer of a Provider of Payment System Services dealing directly with Users requiring banking services, including but not limited to teller and customer service. High-Risk Countries: states classified as high-risk for occurrence of money laundering or terrorism financing for reasons including but not limited to failure/delay in implementation of the FATF recommendations. High-Risk …
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- High-Risk Customer: Users classified as high-risk of being an actor/accessory in money laundering by reason of employment, position, the payment system service used or their business activity. High-Risk Product: payment system product of considerable interest to money launderers. Integration: attempts to make use of purportedly legitimate assets, whether for immediate benefit, investment in various material or financial assets, use in financing legal business activity, or to be ploughed back into criminal activity. Legal Risk: risk arising from legal (juridical) weaknesses. Legal weaknesses include but are not limited to those arising from legal claims, absence of supporting laws and regulations or weaknesses in legal ties, such as failure to meet requirements for validity of a contract and flawed binding of collateral. Mingling: the mixing of funds from proceeds of crime with funds from legitimate business activities with the objective of obscuring the original sources of the funds. Money Laundering: the acts of placement, transfer, payment, expenditure, grant, donation, placing in safe-keeping, carrying overseas, exchange or other act in respect of assets known or reasonably suspected to constitute proceeds of crime for the purpose of concealing these assets or disguising their origin as purportedly legitimate assets. Placement: attempts to place funds generated from a criminal activity into the financial system. Politically Exposed Person: any person entrusted with holding public office, including any bearer of state office as defined in the laws and regulations concerning bearers of state office and/or any person registered as a member of a political party who exerts influences on the policies and operations of the political party. Reputational …
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reputational Risk: risk including but not limited to that arising from publications of a negative nature pertaining to the business of a bank or negative perceptions of the bank. Single Customer Identification File: User profile date encompassing all accounts held by a single User at a bank, including but not limited to savings deposits, time deposits, demand deposits and credit. Smurfing: efforts to circumvent reporting by splitting transactions so that they are conducted by many parties. Structuring: efforts to circumvent reporting by splitting transactions so that transaction amounts are smaller. Suspicious Transaction: suspicious transaction as defined in the law concerning money laundering. Tax Haven Country: a state or territory whose laws or policies can be exploited to circumvent or exploit loopholes in the taxation regulations of another state. The general criteria are: 1) no taxes, or only nominal level of taxation, 2) no exchange of taxation information with other states, 3) lack of transparency in the implementation of its laws and implementing regulations, 4) no obligation for foreign business entities to have a physical presence in that state, 5) promotion of the state or territory as an offshore financial centre and/or 6) a small state or territory with stable political conditions and economy, supported by good infrastructure. Terrorist List: list of terrorist names recorded under US Security Council Resolution No. 1267. Transfer (Layering): attempts to separate the proceeds of crime through financial transactions to conceal or disguise the origin of the funds. This activity involves a process of moving funds from a number of accounts or locations resulting from placement to other places through a complex series of transactions designed to disguise and eliminate traces of the source of these funds. U-Turn …
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---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- U-Turn: attempts to obscure the origin of proceeds of crime by reversing a transaction so that it is subsequently returned to the account of origin. HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND THE PAYMENT SYSTEM (signed) BOEDI ARMANTO
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