How do I create a continuing activity SAR?

Prerequisites

• Permissions to View Cases and SARs, and Create SARs required.

Overview

When the SAR chain features are off, continuing activity SARs are filed from existing cases that are auto generated on previously reported suspicious activity. You can identify these cases via the Global Cases page, the Player Profile > Cases tab, or by viewing the previous SAR in the series. Once the continuing activity case is opened, it will display the case type and the number of follow-ups in the series.

The Action / Decision page shows two transaction tables—one for the current case and one for prior SARs. These transactions will populate the Continuing Activity SAR.

Steps to Create a Continuing Activity SAR

1. Identify the continuing activity case using one of the following:

   • Global Cases page: filter by continuing activity case and player ID

   • Player Profile > Cases tab: view all cases for the player

   • Previous SAR in the series: click View / Edit Continuing Activity Case

       

2. Open the continuing activity case and complete all necessary sections

3. Review transactions on the Investigation page

4. Decide whether to file a SAR or resolve the case in the Action / Decision section:

   • If there was no further suspicious activity noted click Resolve, add a comment, and click Submit

     • If approvals are turned off: click Resolve, add a comment, and click Submit. The case is resolved immediately 
         

     • If approvals are turned on: click Resolve, add a comment, then complete all approvals. Upon completion of approvals a Resolve button appears at the top right.
         

   • To Create a Continuing Activity SAR:

     • If case approvals are turned off: click File SAR, add a comment, and click Submit — the SAR is created automatically
         

     • If case approvals are turned on: click File SAR, add a comment, then complete all approvals. Upon completion of approvals a Create SAR button appears at the top right.
         

When the SAR Chain Features Are On

If the SAR V2 Chain and SAR Chain Summary & Next Steps features are turned on for your organization, Kinectify does not create the continuing activity case automatically. After FinCEN acknowledges the SAR, you create it yourself:

1. Open the status page of the Acknowledged or Acknowledged with Errors SAR.

2. In Next steps, select Create the Continuing Activity case, then Create Continuing Activity Case.

Then follow the steps above to complete the case and create the SAR. Differences from the steps above:

• The original case is set to SAR Filed and closed. The new case has the acknowledged SAR’s BSA ID as its Prior BSA ID.

• Each SAR in the chain can have only one continuing activity case, open or closed. If the SAR has been corrected, create the case from the correction. If a later continuing activity SAR already continues the filing, continue from the latest valid SAR.

• If a case was created from a SAR before it was corrected and is still open, select Delete next to its case number, type the case number to confirm, and then create the case from the correction. Deleting cannot be undone and needs permission to delete cases.

Expected Result

Once the SAR is created, the SAR global page will display the SAR with the prior BSA ID associated. The SAR title will show “Continuing Activity SAR” and reflect its position in the series.