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Doesn’t FOIA only apply to government agencies, not companies and corporations?

• wmf 6y ago
  This law requires ownership to be reported to FinCEN, a government agency. So it's natural to ask if a FOIA to FinCEN could get this information. It probably won't work though.
  • judge2020 6y ago
    probably not, it'd be like asking the IRS for information on taxpayers. You won't be able to get your neighbor's AGI over the past four years, but you probably could get some summary or overall statistics on the income of people in your city or state.
    • nullc 6y ago
      It's a felony for tax return information to be disclosed without authorization (e.g. 26 US Code § 6103), though it still happens sometimes. I don't see anything in the bill language that restricts the disclosure, much less makes an unauthorized disclosure a crime.