Statement of Interest filed by the United States in the case of Wuliger v. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency

~ THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN~ISTRICT OF OHIO
EASTERN DIVISION
WILLlAfv1 T. WUUGER, RECENER, Case No. 1:O5CYOIO8 PJaintiff, U.S. District Judge David A. Katz vs, OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY, ~~, Defendants. STATEMENT 0 ES Pursuant to 28 V.S.C. § 517,1 the United States Department of Justice, by its undersigned attorneys, hereby submits this Statement of Interest to protect from unauthorized disclosure aT).Y Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) submitted by financial institutions under the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 V.S,C. §5318(g)(1), from unauthorized discl.osure.,2 I 28 U.S.C.§ 517 provides in pertinent part: "Any ofticer of the Department of Justice(] may be sent by the Attorney Genera] to any. ..district of the United States to attend to the interests of the United States in a suit pending in a court oitheUnited States[.l" 2 The Board of Governors ot' the Federal Reserve, the Office of Thrift Supervision, the Pedttal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the National Credit Union Administration concur with the arguments set forTh herein.