SENIOR FINCEN OFFICIAL ARRESTED FOR LEAKING SAR DATA TO NEWS REPORTER ABOUT TRUMP ADVISERS AND RUSSIA

ACFCS on 19^th October reported that Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards, a senior adviser for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) had been arrested for allegedly leaking thousands of confidential financial crime filings, including details about a high-profile investigation into potential ties between Russia and the president’s election campaign.  An 18-page criminal complaint details nearly a dozen stories published by news site, BuzzFeed, over the course of a year where Edwards served as a secret source.

https://www.acfcs.org/news/423493/Senior-FinCEN-official-arrested-for-leaking-SAR-data-to-news-reporter-about-Trump-advisers-Russia.htm

https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdny/pr/senior-fincen-employee-arrested-and-charged-unlawfully-disclosing-sars

The 18-page complaint is at –

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/5004980-U-S-v-Natalie-Edwards-Complaint.html

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