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Old 08-16-2005, 12:02 PM  
BRISK
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MaskTVMaura
In Canada the gov't does track peoples' bank account activities looking for various forms of fraud, including money laundering from crime. They have a computer program that looks for certain indicators and if you pop up on the radar, a fraud specialist checks you out thoroughly. It's all done silently so we don't realize that we are being financially policed until we've been identified as "suspicious".
You might be confusing banks monitoring their clients accounts for fraud and money laundering with governments.

It's well known that banks have software that monitors account activity for signs of fraud or money laundering, if it detects anything, they will investigate and report it to the government if necessary.
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