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Financial institutions should practice special due diligence in dealing with funds distributed under the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) because they may be used to launder money, perpetrate fraud and other illicit activities, according to a Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) advisory issued Wednesday. "These programs authorize the allocation of substantial funds to a range of financial institutions and the customers they serve, and therefore, are vulnerable to various forms of fraud, money laundering and other financial crimes," the agency said in the press release. FinCEN noted the vulnerability of two TARP programs in particular: the Public Private Investment Program...