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Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (61249)	10/5/2002 6:03:26 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I thought this was a bit iffy. <<Suppose such a report is filed when you send money to your children in college, and the resulting investigation causes you harm. Do you have any recourse against the clerk or his employer? No! Federal law provides protection from civil liability for all reports of suspicious transactions made to appropriate authorities, including supporting documentation. This means that the clerk cannot be prosecuted or sued, even if they falsify or manufacture evidence to support the report!>> OTOH, what harm could be done. Why would a clerk falsify something? So I don't see much of a problem. I did think it odd, though, that he law concerned itself with such small amounts of money.