Questions and Answers
If a non-customer furnishes an incorrect social security number when cashing a check for more than $10,000 and ignores mailed requests to give us the correct number, is there a resource we can use to get the correct number?
As far as we know, there is no such resource. That being said, you should understand that the instructions to FinCEN Form 104 (currency transaction report) do not require a SSN, so you can file without one. The instructions state:
Item 6. SSN or EIN. Enter the Social Security Number
(SSN) or Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN)
or Employer Identification Number (EIN) of the person or
entity identified in Item 2. If none, write NONE.
In addition, you may want to consider whether or not this situation would trigger the filing of a SAR.
(Posted: 04/10/2008)
