H.3: Financial Institution Crime

Reduce fraud perpetrated by criminal enterprises targeting financial institutions.

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The health of our country’s financial institutions remains a national economic priority. The FBI will continue to prevent financial losses to these institutions by focusing on criminal enterprises engaged in financial institution fraud, including insider fraud, major check fraud, mortgage fraud, and identity theft. Priority Actions: Improve relationships with traditional, as well as non-traditional and expanding industries. Expand the intelligence base in order to identify major criminal enterprises that victimize financial institutions on a regional and national basis. Conduct worldwide investigations to dismantle criminal enterprises engaged in significant financial institution fraud. Implement strategies to increase the number of asset forfeiture actions in criminal cases to strip violators of their ill-gotten gains. Expand the use of nationally-coordinated initiatives and investigations, using emerging investigative techniques.

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