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Contents 1. Introduction 2. Financial
Intelligence Unit 3. Prevention
of Money Laundering Act, 2002 4. Suspicious
Transaction Report 5. Due
Date 6. Intermediary 7. Methods
of filing 8. Manual
format 9. Electronic
Format 10. Description
of Data files 11. Steps
in preparation of Data files 12. Steps
in validation of Data files 13. General
Notes for all Data files 14. Data
Structure of Control File (SINCTL.txt) 15. Data
Structure of Branch Data File (SINBRC.txt) 16. Data
Structure of Account Data File (SINACC.txt) 17. Data
Structure of Transaction Data File (SINTRN.txt) 18. Data
Structure of Individual Data File (SININP.txt) 19. Data
Structure of Legal Person/Entity Data File (SINLPE.txt) 13
Appendix
Suspicious Transaction Report for an intermediary Annexure A- Individual Detail Sheet for an intermediary Annexure B- Legal Person/ Entity Detail Sheet for an intermediary 1. Introduction
The Prevention of Money
Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA 2002) forms the core of the legal framework put in
place by
The PMLA 2002 and Rules notified thereunder impose an obligation on banking companies, financial institutions and intermediaries to verify identity of clients, maintain records and furnish information to FIU-IND. 2. Financial
Intelligence Unit
The Government of India set
up Financial Intelligence Unit
FIU-IND has been established
as the central national agency responsible for receiving, processing, analyzing
and disseminating information relating to suspect financial transactions.
FIU-IND is also responsible for coordinating and strengthening efforts of
national and international intelligence and enforcement agencies in pursuing
the global efforts against money laundering and related crimes. The address of
Financial Intelligence Unit
Director, FIU-IND Financial Intelligence Unit-India 6th Floor, Hotel Samrat Chanakyapuri,
Website: www.fiuindia.gov.in 3. Prevention of
Money Laundering Act, 2002
Section 12 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 lays down following obligations on intermediaries. 12.
(1) Every banking company, financial institution and
intermediary shall- (a) maintain a record of all transactions, the nature and value of which may be prescribed, whether such transactions comprise of a single transaction or a series of transactions integrally connected to each other, and where such series of transactions take place within a month; (b) furnish information of transactions referred to in clause (a) to the Director within such time as may be prescribed; (c) verify and maintain the records of the identity of all its clients, in such a manner as may be prescribed. Provided
that where the principal officer of a banking company or financial institution
or intermediary, as the case may has reason to believe that a single
transaction or series of transactions integrally connected to each other have
been valued below the prescribed limit so as to defeat the provisions of this
section, such officer shall furnish information in respect of such transactions to the Director
within the prescribed time. (2)
The records referred to in sub-section (1) shall be maintained for a period of
ten years from the date of cessation of the transactions between the clients
and the banking company or financial institution or intermediary, as the case
may be. 4. Suspicious
Transaction Report
The Prevention of Money laundering Act, 2002 and the Rules notified thereunder require every intermediary to furnish details of suspicious transactions whether or not made in cash. Suspicious transaction means a transaction whether or not made in cash which, to a person acting in good faith (a) gives rise to a reasonable ground of suspicion that it may involve the proceeds of crime; or (b) appears to be made in circumstances of unusual or unjustified complexity; or (c) appears to have no economic rationale or bonafide purpose. (d) gives
rise to a reasonable ground of
suspicion that it may involve financing of the activities
relating to terrorism Broad categories of reason for suspicion and examples of suspicious transactions for an intermediary are indicated as under:
Identity of Client - False identification documents - Identification documents which could not be verified within reasonable time - Non-face to face client - Doubt over the real beneficiary of the account - Accounts opened with names very close to other established business entities Suspicious Background - Suspicious background or links with known criminals Multiple Accounts - Large number of accounts having a common account holder, introducer or authorized signatory with no rationale - Unexplained transfers between multiple accounts with no rationale Activity in Accounts - Unusual activity compared to past transactions - Use of different accounts by client alternatively - Sudden activity in dormant accounts - Activity inconsistent with what would be expected from declared business - Account used for circular trading Nature of Transactions - Unusual or unjustified complexity - No economic rationale or bonafide purpose - Source of funds are doubtful - Appears to be case of insider trading - Investment proceeds transferred to a third party - Transactions reflect likely market manipulations - Suspicious off market transactions Value of Transactions - Value just under the reporting threshold amount in an apparent attempt to avoid reporting - Large sums being transferred from overseas for making payments - Inconsistent with the clients apparent financial standing - Inconsistency in the payment pattern by client - Block deal which is not at market price or prices appear to be artificially inflated/deflated 5. Due Date
Rule
8 of Notification No. 9/2005 dated 6. Intermediary
Intermediary includes following persons registered under section 12 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Act, 1992. (i) Stock brokers (ii) Sub-brokers (iii) Share transfer agents (iv) Bankers to an issue (v) Trustees to trust deed (vi) Registrars to issue (vii) Merchant bankers (viii) Underwriters (ix) Portfolio Managers (x) Depositories and Participants (xi) Custodian of securities (xii) Foreign institutional investors (xiii) Credit rating agencies (xiv) Venture capital funds (xv) Collective investment schemes including mutual funds 7. Methods of
filing
Suspicious Transaction Reports can be filed either in manual or electronic format. However, a reporting agency must submit all reports to FIU-IND in electronic format if it has the technical capability to do so. The required technical capability is defined as follows: i) A personal computer with 32 MB memory RAM, 800 x 600 VGA video display, Windowsฎ 98/Me/NT/2000; and ii) An Internet connection. 8. Manual format
Suspicious Transaction Report in manual format has to be filed in following forms:
The above forms are given in the Appendix. 9. Electronic
Format
FIU-IND is in the process of developing technological infrastructure to enable submission of electronic return over a secure gateway. In the interim the intermediaries exercising the electronic option should submit the following to Director, FIU-IND: i) One CD containing six data files in prescribed data structure. A label mentioning name of the intermediary, SEBI registration number of intermediary, type of report (STR), date of sending report should be affixed on each CD for the purpose of identification. ii) Each CD should be accompanied by Suspicious Transaction Report for an intermediary (same form should be used for both manual as well as electronic format) in physical form duly signed by the principal officer. This summary should match with the data in Control File (SINCTL.txt). There is no need to submit other annexures in the physical form.
Important: i) In case the size of data files exceeds the capacity of one CD, the data files should be compressed by using Winzip 8.1 or ZipItFast 3.0 (or higher version) compression utility only to ensure quick and smooth acceptance of the file. ii) The CD should be virus free. 10. Description of Data files
In case of electronic filing, the STR data for the intermediary should have following six data files:
11. Steps in preparation of Data files
i) The records containing details of suspicious transactions to be reported are extracted in Transaction Data File (SINTRN.txt). ii) The records containing details of accounts containing the suspicious transactions are extracted in Accounts Data File (SINACC.txt). iii) If the account is for Individuals, the records containing details of Individuals who are account holders are extracted in Individual Data File (SININP.txt). The Relation Flag should be set to A. iv) If the account is for a Legal Person /Entity, the records containing details of Legal Persons /Entities who are account holders are extracted in Legal Persons /Entities Data File (SINLPE.txt). The Relation Flag should be set to A. iii) If the account is for a Legal Person /Entity, the records containing details of Directors/ Partner/ Members etc. of Legal Persons /Entities are appended to Individual Data File (SININP.txt). The Relation Flag should be set to C. v) The records containing details of authorised signatories if not an account holder are appended to Individual Data File (SININP.txt) or Legal Persons /Entities Data File (SINLPE.txt) as the case may be. The Relation Flag should be set to B. vi) The records containing details of account introducers are appended to Individual Data File (SININP.txt) or Legal Persons /Entities Data File (SINLPE.txt) as the case may be. The Relation Flag should be set to D. vii) The records containing details of account guarantors are appended to Individual Data File (SININP.txt) or Legal Persons /Entities Data File (SINLPE.txt) as the case may be. The Relation Flag should be set to E. viii) The records containing details of branches/ franchisees etc. which have reported suspicious transactions are extracted in Branch Data File (SINBRC.txt). ix) The report level details and summary of other five tables is entered in Control file. (SINCTL.txt)
12. Steps in validation of Data files
i) There should be six data files with appropriate naming convention. ii) The data files should be as per specified data structure and business rules. iii) None of the mandatory fields should be left blank. iv) Date of report should be same in all data files. v) The summary figures in control file should match with the totals in other data files. vi) The primary key integrity should be validated as under: a. [Branch Reference Number] should be unique in Branch Data File (SINBRC.txt) b. [Branch Reference Number + Account Number] should be unique in Account Data File (SINACC.txt) vii) The foreign key integrity should be validated as under: a. All values of [Branch Reference Number] in Account Data File (SINACC.txt) should have a matching [Branch Reference Number] value in Branch Data File (SINBRC.txt) b. All values of [Branch Reference Number + Account Number] in Transaction Data File (SINTRN.txt) should have matching [Branch Reference Number + Account Number] value in Account Data File (SINACC.txt) c. All values of [Branch Reference Number + Account Number] in Individual Data File (SININP.txt) should have matching [Branch Reference Number + Account Number] value in Account Data File (SINACC.txt) d. All values of [Branch Reference Number + Account Number] in Legal Person / Entity Data File (SINLPE.txt) should have matching [Branch Reference Number + Account Number] value in Account Data File (SINACC.txt) viii) The data sufficiency should be validated as under: a. All values of [Branch Reference Number + Account Number] in Account Data File (SINACC.txt) should have at least one matching [Branch Reference Number + Account Number] value in Transaction Data File (SINTRN.txt). b. All values of [Branch Reference Number + Account Number] in Account Data File (SINACC.txt) should have at least one matching [Branch Reference Number + Account Number] value in Individual Data File (SININP.txt). (As account for legal person/entity would have individuals as authorised signatories). c. All values of [Branch Reference Number + Account Number] in Account Data File (SINACC.txt) with Type of Account Holder = B (Legal Person/Entity) should have at least one matching [Branch Reference Number + Account Number] value in Legal Person / Entity Data File (SINLPE.txt). 13. General Notes for all Data files
i) All Data Files should be generated in ASCII Format with ".txt" as filename extension. ii) Each Record (including last record) must start on new line and must end with a newline character. Hex Values: "0D" & "0A".
iii)
All
iv)
If v) All NUM fields must be right justified. vi) If NUM field has no data or less data with respect to defined length, then the entire field (in case of no data) or the remaining field (in case of less data) has to be filled with left justified zeroes. vii) If DATE field has no data then the entire field has to be filled with blank characters (Spaces). viii) Fields with an asterisk (*) have to be compulsorily filled up. Fields that have hash (#) have to be compulsorily filled up in case they are applicable to the transaction being reported. ix) For fields that do not have an asterisk (*) or hash (#), reasonable efforts have to be made to get the information. Enter N/A to indicate that the field is not applicable. Do not substitute any other abbreviations or special characters (e.g., x, - or *). 14. Data Structure of Control File (SINCTL.txt)
15. Data Structure of Branch Data File (SINBRC.txt)
16. Data Structure of Account Data File (SINACC.txt)
17. Data Structure of Transaction Data File (SINTRN.txt)
18. Data Structure of Individual Data File (SININP.txt)
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