Plus it proves they are monitoring ALL transactions, not just those as deemed "legal"
Ooops, INCLUDING those they deem as “legal”
The amounts and frequency can trigger a report requirement by he financial institutions to the fedgov.
They may ask you something about the transaction at the time when it is above 10 k. Imo - better to take a few transactions above 10k than trying to hide from the report.
If you said wedding expenses and Vegas trip, at the time of withdrawal. That would probably be the end of it. I am pretty sure there is no law against lying to the bank manager, but not certain.
Trying to avoid that report to the fedgov, much more suspicious.
Was the bank Democrat-owned?
Or, at the very least, it proves that when all the bad news stories revolve around Democrats they can put a Republican in a bad light whenever they want. That’s really all this is.
“Obama: Last few news cycles have been hell for us. Find a Republican we can scandalize to get some of the heat off us.”