Suspicious activity narrative preparation

What does the suspicious activity narrative preparation produce?

Structure exact customer-verified facts, transactions, declared actions and unknowns into an authorized reporting narrative draft.

Use the task-specific inputs and exact original evidence files above to prepare and review this tool in your browser. Inspect the complete named findings and scope limits before preparing the formal pack. Save unfinished work and retain the complete recovery ZIP. Customer applicability, approvals and evidence quality require responsible review.

What do you need before you start?

• Define the selected source population and your exact policy.
• Keep the original files and source pointers used for every finding.
• Resolve missing inputs and inspect unresolved findings before export.

What information do you enter?

The released tool must ask only for information needed by this bounded task.

• Case reference, organization, subject, responsible reviewer, preparation date and selected scope.
• Your policy reference, version, approver, approval date and exact supporting source IDs.
• Original file IDs, names, byte lengths and SHA-256 hashes with source locators, dates, custodians and verification assertions.
• Human Decision
• Decision Maker
• Decision On
• Decision Reason
• Report Type
• Prior Report Reference
• Introduction
• Conclusion
• Facts rows / reference
• Facts rows / category
• Facts rows / on
• Facts rows / statement
• Facts rows / verification
• Facts rows / source IDs rows
• Transactions rows / reference
• Transactions rows / on
• Transactions rows / party Reference
• Transactions rows / from
• Transactions rows / to
• Transactions rows / amount
• Transactions rows / currency
• Transactions rows / source IDs rows
• Actions rows / reference
• Actions rows / on
• Actions rows / actor
• Actions rows / action
• Actions rows / source IDs rows
• Unknowns rows / reference
• Unknowns rows / subject
• Unknowns rows / explanation
• Unknowns rows / source IDs rows

What you can download

Every result must identify its supplied facts, assumptions and unresolved items.

Fictional review report (PDF). Editable review (DOCX). Complete fictional pack (ZIP). Requires tailoring and responsible review. Samples use the finalized renderer.

How does the suspicious activity narrative preparation work?

1. 1
   Define the selected task

   Structure exact customer-verified facts, transactions, declared actions and unknowns into an authorized reporting narrative draft.

2. 2
   Record exact task facts

   Require a separate named human reporting decision before assembling introduction, who/what/when/where/why/how fact groups, chronological transactions, actions, unknowns and conclusion. Preserve exact statements and mark unresolved facts rather than generating connecting claims. Retain no-report and unresolved decisions without a reporting narrative.

3. 3
   Inspect complete findings

   Review source links, exact calculations and every unresolved finding.

4. 4
   Keep recoverable work

   Save unfinished work and exact original bytes in this browser. A complete ZIP restores the accepted workspace and original files after integrity checks. Original checkpoints and purchased archives remain separate. Restore grants no payment or execution authority. Reprepare after rejected recovery before checkout.

5. 5
   Prepare the completed pack

   Eight core files, one member per retained original, plus any method-generated chart, synthetic data, approved draft or reporting artifact. The real component calculates the exact prepared count. Downloads are free.

Method and sources

Apply the steps above to the supported inputs. Use the listed source sections to review the rule basis, assumptions and limits.

• Guidance on Preparing a Complete and Sufficient SAR NarrativeThe narrative method organizes who, what, when, where, why and how, with introduction, body and conclusion. It does not determine suspicion, reporting duty, applicable time limits or SAR submission.Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. Reviewed 2026-10-09.
• FinCEN Suspicious Activity Report FAQsCurrent FAQs supplement filing and narrative handling. This browser tool preserves your drafting record and does not generate a portal submission or acknowledgment.Financial Crimes Enforcement Network. Reviewed 2026-10-09.

Common questions

What still needs review?

The draft does not establish suspicion, legal reporting duty, form completeness, filing deadline, government delivery or confidentiality entitlement. A qualified customer approves all content and handles restricted SAR information.

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