KYC / AML Policies
Pochtoy.com LLC is committed to the highest standards of compliance against money laundering (AML) and anti-terrorist financing (CTF). The objective of the Companies Policy against Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing is to actively prevent the risks of these matters. To help the government combat the financing of terrorism and money laundering activities, the law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person who opens an account. We have an obligation to report suspicious client activity relevant to money laundering.
Money Laundering: The process of converting funds received from illegal activities (such as fraud, corruption, terrorism, etc.) into other funds or investments that appear legitimate to hide or distort the actual source of funds.
The money laundering process can be divided into three sequential stages:
At this stage, the funds are turned into financial instruments, such as checks, bank accounts, and money transfers, or they can be used to buy high-value goods that can be resold. They can also be physically deposited in banks and non-bank institutions (e.g., exchange offices). To avoid suspicion by the company, the launderer can also make several deposits instead of depositing the entire sum at once, this form of placement is called smurf.
The funds are transferred or moved to other accounts and other financial instruments. It is done to disguise the origin and disrupt the indication of the entity that made the multiple financial transactions. Moving funds and changing their form makes it complicated to follow the laundered money.
The funds are re-circulated as legitimate to purchase goods and services.
Pochtoy.com LLC adheres to the principles of Anti-Money Laundering and actively prevents any actions that aim or facilitate the process of legalizing illegally obtained funds. AML policy means preventing the use of the company's services by criminals, for money laundering, terrorist financing or other criminal activity.
To prevent money laundering, Pochtoy.com LLC does not accept or pay in cash under any circumstances. The company reserves the right to suspend any client's operation, which may be considered illegal or, in the staff's opinion, related to money laundering.
Company procedures
Pochtoy.com LLC will ensure that it is a real or legal person. Several checks have been established to prevent identity theft, money laundering, terrorist financing, financial fraud and other crimes. The AML policy is being met within FX of Pochtoy.com LLC by the following means:
Know Your Customer - Due to the company's commitment to AML and KYC policies, each client of the company must complete a verification procedure. Before Pochtoy.com LLC starts any cooperation with the client, the company ensures that satisfactory proof of the entity's identity or any person acting on their behalf is provided.
Individual clients
During the registration process, each client provides personal information, specifically: full name; birthdate; country of origin; and full residential address. The following documents are required to verify personal information: A client submits the following documents (in case the documents are written in non-Latin characters: to avoid delays in the verification process, it is necessary to provide a notarized translation of the document in English) due to KYC requirements and to confirm the indicated information:
Corporate clients
In the event that the applicant company is listed on a recognized or approved stock exchange or when it is a subsidiary of such a company, no further steps are necessary to verify the identity. In other cases, the following documentation must be provided:
Tracking customer activity
In addition to collecting customer information, Pochtoy.com LLC continues to monitor the activity of each customer to identify and prevent any suspicious transactions. A suspicious transaction is known as a transaction that is not consistent with the legitimate business of the customer or with the transaction history of the regular customer known by tracking customer activity. Pochtoy.com LLC has implemented the named transactions monitoring system (both automatic and, if necessary, manual) to prevent criminals from using the company's services.
Registry maintenance
Records must be kept of all transaction data and data obtained for identification purposes, as well as all documents related to money laundering issues (e.g. suspicious activity reporting files, AML account monitoring documentation, etc.). Those records are kept for a minimum of 7 years after the account is closed.
Measures taken
In cases of an attempt to execute transactions that Pochtoy.com LLC suspects are related to money laundering or other criminal activity, it will proceed in accordance with applicable law and report the suspicious activity to the regulatory authority.
Pochtoy.com LLC reserves the right to suspend any client's operation, which may be considered illegal or may be related to money laundering in the staff's opinion. Pochtoy.com LLC has complete discretion to temporarily block the suspicious customer's account or terminate a relationship with an existing customer. For more information, you can contact us at Pochtoy.com