---
category: U.S. Government
location: Vienna, Virginia
start: 1990
summary: The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network is a bureau of the United States
  Department of the Treasury that collects and analyzes information about financial
  transactions to combat domestic and international money laundering, terrorist financing,
  and...
tags:
- Organization
- Treasury
- USGovernment
- MoneyLaundering
---

The [FinCen](/organizations/financial-crimes-enforcement-network/) is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury that collects and analyzes information about financial transactions to combat domestic and international money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes.[^1]

[Michael Riconosciuto](/people/michael-riconosciuto/) expressed a strong desire to communicate with someone from [FinCen](/organizations/financial-crimes-enforcement-network/), believing they had the necessary expertise to understand his claims about high-level financial illicit activities. He requested that [J.H.](/people/jh/), an [FBI](/organizations/federal-bureau-of-investigation/) agent, connect him with a "technical guy that speaks my language" from [FinCen](/organizations/financial-crimes-enforcement-network/). Riconosciuto claimed he could "unmask the whole operation" of how illicit cash flow was handled daily, including details about the [Wackenhut](/organizations/wackenhut-corporation/) people, the Workers Bank in [Colombia](/places/colombia/), and "virtual dead-drops" used to circumvent ACH reconciliations.[^1]

Riconosciuto offered to reconstruct his files and provide [FinCen](/organizations/financial-crimes-enforcement-network/) with a day-by-day view of alleged Mob and [MCA](/organizations/music-corporation-of-america/) Corporation illegal banking transactions. He specified the need for particular computer systems (VAX 11-730 and VAX 3900) to achieve this, claiming to know [PROMIS](/programs/promis/) and [FOIMS](/concepts/foims/) (Field Office Information Management System) "inside out" and having helped develop their internal tracking audit trail. He also advised on how [J.H.](/people/jh/) could make inquiries into his files without alerting the issuing agencies, suggesting "non-electric" filings on NCIC.[^1]

Despite Riconosciuto's repeated requests and offers, nothing was forthcoming from [J.H.](/people/jh/) regarding a connection to [FinCen](/organizations/financial-crimes-enforcement-network/) or entry into the Witness Protection Program.[^1]

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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.