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Compliance officers should monitor for the abuse of nonprofit organizations by government officials embezzling money and laundering bribes-a problem noted in recent federal investigations, according to an FBI official. Speaking last month at an anti-money laundering conference, FBI Assistant Special Agent Doug Leff cited a recently filed suspicious activity report (SAR) detailing a compliance officer's concerns that "the whole reason a certain nonprofit was formed was to steer bribes and funnel kickbacks to individuals here or overseas." "It's not necessarily that shady individuals who form nonprofits are doing it to be tax exempt," said Leff, during remarks at the conference....