title: US-GA — AML/CFT & Financial Crime (W11) | World Payments Monitor canonical: https://payments.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-georgia/w11/ ### W11 AML/CFT & Financial Crime 1 gap [Sourced from Sentinel.gi ↗](https://sentinel.gi/jurisdictions/united-states-georgia/#sec-dom-D7) Probable re-verified 2026-10-18 · changed 2026-07-05 sentinel.-fed position: Georgia MSBs (money transmitters, check cashers) sit within the federal Bank Secrecy Act/FinCEN AML perimeter, with DBF layering state recordkeeping, SAR-adjacent, and large-currency-transaction rules atop it. DBF's recent enforcement actions (Fortress Trust revocation, Crypto Dispensers cease-and-desist) demonstrate an active supervisory posture at the licensing/AML boundary, consistent with historical precedent of BSA-linked license revocations. Open gap — wpm-int-2 No AML/CFT delta signal found for Georgia this cycle; module not applicable at state level in the relevant sense (W11)._US state-level divergence coverage remains thin outside the W1a/W12 licensing/safeguarding surface._ Standing sub-brief · as of 7 July 2026 124 words · last cycle 2026-07-05 #### AML/CFT & Financial Crime This module's intelligence is sourced from the Sentinel.gi feed. Per that feed, Georgia's money-service businesses sit within the federal Bank Secrecy Act/FinCEN AML perimeter, with DBF layering state large-currency-transaction, recordkeeping and SAR-adjacent rules (Rules 80-3-6-.01 to -.04) on top; DBF's recent enforcement actions — the Fortress Trust revocation and the Crypto Dispensers cease-and-desist — demonstrate an active supervisory posture at the licensing/AML boundary. For original illicit-finance analysis of these dynamics, see the Sentinel.gi feed and the related Sentinel (sentinel.gi) cross-reference; this brief does not perform independent AML analysis. #### Outlook Continued DBF enforcement at the licensing/AML boundary is likely, consistent with the pattern already evident in the Fortress Trust and Crypto Dispensers matters; readers seeking deeper illicit-finance analysis should consult Sentinel.gi directly. no periodic updates on record for this sub-brief ** Coverage Gaps (`not_examined` model · S-1)**2 deficiency record(s) separated from substantive evidence - not_examined Gap: sourcing-thinness (Sentinel (sentinel.gi) gaps_register_cumulative (issue FIM-BASE-GAP-003)) - not_examined Gap: legal-gap (Sentinel (sentinel.gi) gaps_register_cumulative (issue FIM-BASE-GAP-002)) ** Sources and findings (2 unique sources · R-3/R-4)** 1. [W11-E1] T1 Derived: Confirmed [in_force sentinel.dbf.georgia.gov/press-releases/2025-11-24/final-order-revocation-money-transmitter-license-issued-fortress-trust](https://dbf.georgia.gov/money-service-businesses/money-transmitters) re-verified 2026-07-05 The November 2025 revocation of Fortress Trust's money transmitter license for insolvency and unsafe/unsound operation reflects DBF's prudential supervisory posture over crypto-adjacent MTL licensees, a posture closely tied to AML/financial-crime risk management expectations. 2. [W11-E2] T2 Derived: Probable in_force [Collapsed 3× uses Sentinel (sentinel.gi) per-JID baseline profile — United States — Georgia](https://www.sentinelsolutionsaml.com/) re-verified 2026-07-05 Georgia operates under the federal BSA/AML framework administered by FinCEN and OFAC, with state-level MSB/money-transmitter licensing through the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance. Georgia has no independent beneficial-ownership registry; it relies entirely on the federal Corporate Transparency Act, which was narrowed in March 2025 to exempt domestic reporting companies. Georgia's low-cost, fast-formation LLC regime and its concentration of national payment processors ('Transaction Alley') create structural exposure alongside active federal enforcement.