Disclosures
1Control Owner: An individual with significant responsibility for managing the legal entity customer (i.e., a Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Managing Member, General Partner, President, Vice President or Treasurer)
2Beneficial Owners: Each individual, if any, who owns, directly or indirectly, 25 percent or more of the equity interests of the legal entity customer (i.e., each natural person that owns 25 percent or more of the shares of a corporation)
Why do we need this information? To help the government fight financial crime, federal regulation requires certain financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information about the beneficial owners of legal entity customers. Legal entities can be abused to disguise involvement in terrorist financing, money laundering, tax evasion, corruption, fraud, and other financial crimes. Requiring the disclosure of key individuals who ultimately own or control a legal entity (i.e., the beneficial owners) helps law enforcement investigate and prosecute these crimes.