Comment on FR Doc # 2026-06271

Re: Proposed Rules Implementing the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act Docket: FINCEN-2026-0067 My name is Agustin G.M. Garcia, MS RDN. I am a concerned citizen, a supporter of anti-corruption efforts, and a firm believer and defender of our unalienable rights as well as our Constitutional governmental guardrails. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, among other things, grants us the right to freedom of speech and press, whereas these proposed rules seem to abridge good-faithed people from revealing the corruption. I am writing because FinCEN’s proposed rules implementing the Anti-Money Laundering Whistleblower Improvement Act would severely weaken the law. Congress passed this law to reward and protect the people who come forward with information about money laundering, terrorist financing, and financial crime. The proposed rules fall short of that mandate. FinCEN is a governmental agency stemming from the U.S. Treasury; however, Congress, according to the Constitution, holds "all legislative Powers." I urge FinCEN to let Congress legislate or adopt the AML rulemaking comment (https://www.whistleblowers.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/FinCEN-Comments-from-NWC-April-30-2026.pdf) (also attached below in comment) submitted by the National Whistleblower Center. I am particularly concerned that the rules fail to implement the mandatory confidentiality requirements essential for the law to work, create technical procedural barriers that disqualify good-faith whistleblowers, fail to protect international whistleblowers who face severe dangers, and add disqualifications that Congress never authorized. FinCEN should implement regulations that fully support both U.S. citizen and international whistleblowers who risk their jobs, careers, and safety by alerting the authorities to corrupt financial transactions through media reports, working with anti-corruption organizations, disclosing violations to their employer, or reporting directly to the government. We have the right to petition the government for redress; we ought to not be penalized for exercising our Rights. The people who expose money laundering, transnational organized crime, and violations of the Bank Secrecy Act deserve meaningful protection and support. I urge FinCEN to get these rules right. Sincerely, Agustin G.M. Garcia, MS RDN Ventura, CA