DALLAS, TX, February 9, 2026 (EZ Newswire) -- Oberheiden P.C. is pleased to announce that the firm is now accepting anti-money laundering and Bank Secrecy Act (AML/BSA) whistleblower cases nationwide. Multiple federal agencies work with AML/BSA whistleblowers, and whistleblowers who come forward through the appropriate channels are entitled to financial rewards if their cases lead to successful enforcement actions.

The Anti-Money Laundering Act (AMLA) and the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) prohibit financial institutions, businesses, and individuals from facilitating or conducting a wide range of illicit financial transactions. This includes not only transactions conducted specifically to conceal the source of funds derived from illegal conduct, but transactions that involve sanctions violations and other statutory and regulatory violations as well.

Banks in particular play a central role in preserving the integrity of the U.S. financial systems and markets, and they have extensive compliance obligations under the AMLA and BSA. These include obligations to maintain AML programs, detect suspicious transactions, file currency transaction reports (CTRs), and file suspicious activity reports (SARs), among many others.

While multiple government agencies have oversight of banks’ and other parties’ AML/BSA obligations, these agencies all rely heavily on whistleblowers to come forward. These agencies include the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), among others.

“AML/BSA violations can not only compromise the integrity of the U.S. financial systems and markets, but they can also compromise national security,” says Oberheiden P.C.’s founding attorney, Nick Oberheiden, PhD. “As a result, the DOJ and other federal authorities take these violations very seriously.”

“However,” he continues, “these authorities often have no means of detecting AML violations and BSA violations on their own. This means that they rely heavily on whistleblowers to voluntarily provide information about violations that warrant civil or criminal enforcement action.”

Dr. Oberheiden explains that prospective whistleblowers who have independent knowledge of AML violations and BSA violations have various options for coming forward. “While one option is to file a claim under the federal AML Whistleblower Program, the DOJ, CFTC, SEC, and FinCEN all accept AML/BSA whistleblower claims under their whistleblower programs as well. Our attorneys can help prospective whistleblowers make informed decisions about whether to come forward; and, if they decide to come forward, our attorneys can help them do so through the most appropriate means.”