COUNTRY FRAUD SUMMARY REPORTING REQUIREMENT

UNCLAS STATE 057623 SIPDIS TO CONSULAR CHIEF AND FRAUD PREVENTION MANAGERS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: CMGT CASC KFRD ASEC CVIS CPAS SUBJECT: COUNTRY FRAUD SUMMARY REPORTING REQUIREMENT REF: (A) 08 STATE 074840 ¶1. Post Country Fraud Summary reports are a valuable resource for the Department, our interagency partners, and the field. Post reporting facilitates analysis, prompts improvements in fraud-prevention guidance, contributes to training, and spurs development of technology and fraud-prevention tools. Reporting helps guide resource allocation decisions--including H and L and conference funding. This cable provides reminders about the content, format, and submission of these reports and supplements the guidance in Ref A. ¶2. Semi-annual reporting periods cover September 1 to February 28 and March 1 to August 31. Posts are required to submit fraud summaries within 30 days of the end of each reporting period. Posts should submit their fraud summaries both as an e-mail Word attachment to their FPP post liaison officer and as a cable with the following formatting: --Distribution: SECSTATE WASHDC, NVC PORTSMOUTH NH, KCC WILLIAMSBURG KY --Info: REGIONAL BUREAU COLLECTIVE (Note: Posts are encouraged to distribute to apprpropriate country team members including RSO, LEGATT, DHS, and DEA.) --Caption: SIPDIS --Slug Lines: DEPT FOR CA/FPP, DHS FOR CIS/FDNS --Tags: KFRD, CVIS, CPAS, CMGT, ASEC, (country tag) --Classification: UNCLASSIFIED (Note: any classified information should be sent septel.) --Subject: FRAUD SUMMARY - (POST NAME) ¶3. Posts are reminded to present information in the Country Fraud Summary in the following order: (a) Country Conditions; (b) NIV Fraud; (c) IV Fraud; (d) DV Fraud; (e) ACS and U.S. Passport Fraud; (f) Adoption Fraud; (g) Use of DNA Testing; (h) Asylum and Other DHS Benefit Fraud; (i) Alien Smuggling, Trafficking, Organized Crime, Terrorist Travel; (j) DS Criminal Fraud Investigations; (k) Host Country Passport, Identity Documents, and Civil Registry; (l) Cooperation with Host Government Authorities; (m) Areas of Particular Concern; and (n) Staffing and Training. ¶4. The Department emphasizes the importance of regular and timely reporting. Failure to comply with reporting requirements will severely disadvantage posts competing for fraud prevention activity and resource funding. We thank you for your assistance. ¶5. Minimize considered. CLINTON