Filing a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR)

An Investigator files a SAR when he determines that a case contains known or suspected violations. A SAR is used across multiple industries to assist the Federal government in identifying individuals, groups, or organizations involved in criminal activity.

To file a SAR:

1. Change to the Investigator role in the Case Manager Client.
   Note: To access an Investigator's tasks, an Administrator must assign you to this role.
2. Select the Cases tab and double-click the row of the case to open it.
3. Click Open SAR Filing to create a new SAR or continue updating a saved form. Complete the fields in sequence or click Back and Next to input information in any order.
4. Add content to the SAR and then click Save at the end of the form to save your work.
   Notes:

   • The data is saved and attached to the case by means of a SARData file, visible in the Documents view on the Case Details page. An Investigator can draft contents of a SAR over multiple iterations.
   • A SAR form cannot be edited if permissions are not configured in the solution. To configure permissions, see Configuring permissions to enable SAR filing.
5. When ready to submit the SAR for review and approval, click Finalize. At this time, the data is validated for required fields indicated with an asterisk (*) and the Investigator is prompted to correct any errors. The case state also changes from Investigating to SAR-QA.
   Note: If you attempt to re-open the SAR after clicking Finalize, the SAR form is in Read-only mode and cannot be edited.