A former Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) official who provided 2,100 suspicious activity reports (SARs) to BuzzFeed News—confidential banking documents that would form the basis of the explosive “FinCEN Files” investigation—will serve six months in prison.
Natalie Mayflower Sours Edwards, a former senior advisor at FinCEN, was sentenced Thursday for unlawfully disclosing SARs to the media. She claimed she was a whistleblower who only went to the media after unsuccessfully pursuing whistleblower claims through legitimate channels at the U.S. Treasury.
