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Lagos Swift Remit Ltd

ALT-2026-88052mediumrisk 41
Rule
TM-GEO-009 · Corridor volume growth exceeds 400% month-over-month
Typology
High-risk geography
Channel
Remittance
Jurisdiction
NG
Value
1.9M NGN
Opened
Aug 26, 2026, 8:00 AM
Legal name
Lagos Swift Remit Limited
Customer type
business
Customer since
Nov 5, 2024
Residence
Lagos, NG
Occupation
Licensed international money transfer operator
Industry
Remittance
Source of funds
Transfer fees and FX spread
Declared monthly volume
1.4M NGN
Inherent risk rating
high
Identity verification
Corporate + licence verification · verified
Last review
Jun 1, 2026
Alerts (12m)
5
Prior filings
0

Beneficial owners

  • B. Okonkwo55% · Lagos, NG
  • T. Adeyinka45% · Lagos, NG

Segments

MSBCorrespondentHigh-growth corridor

Audit trail

  1. Aug 26, 08:00 AMAlert raised by TM-GEO-009 — Corridor volume growth exceeds 400% month-over-month
  2. Aug 26, 08:00 AMAssigned to heelius-investigator-4.2 · policy-pack us-bsa-2026.08
  3. Aug 31, 03:35 PMParse alert and load policy — 1 records
  4. Aug 31, 03:35 PMRetrieve KYC and relationship history — 16 records
  5. Aug 31, 03:35 PMReconstruct transaction history — 342 records
  6. Aug 31, 03:35 PMExpand counterparty network to 1 hop — 62 records
  7. Aug 31, 03:35 PMScreen subject and counterparties — 3 records
  8. Aug 31, 03:35 PMAdverse media sweep — 1,840 records
  9. Aug 31, 03:35 PMWeigh evidence and reach disposition — 5 records
  10. Aug 31, 03:35 PMDraft regulator-grade narrative — 5 records
  11. Aug 31, 03:35 PMSelf-check against the QA rubric — 5 records
  12. Aug 31, 03:35 PMDisposition CLEARED at 97% confidence
  13. Aug 31, 03:35 PMQA sampled — overturned (S. Lindqvist · L3)

Investigation trace

2m 35s
  1. Parse alert and load policy

    3s

    Rule TM-GEO-009 resolved to typology "High-risk geography". Loaded the NG policy pack and the institution's escalation matrix.

    • Typology: High-risk geography
    • Jurisdiction pack: NG

    Intake · 1 records

  2. Retrieve KYC and relationship history

    11s

    Pulled the customer file, 2 beneficial-owner records, prior dispositions and the current risk rating.

    • Activity consistent with declared expectation

    KYC retrieval · 16 records

  3. Reconstruct transaction history

    27s

    Analysed 2 alerted transactions against a trailing twelve-month baseline; tested for threshold proximity, velocity, round-value patterning and pass-through.

    • High pass-through ratio explained by the business model

    Transaction analysis · 342 records

  4. Expand counterparty network to 1 hop

    34s

    Resolved 1 counterparties and tested for shared identifiers, device overlap, circular flow and undisclosed common control.

    • Counterparty risk flags reviewed and attributable
    • Counterparties corroborated by documentation already on file

    Counterparty network · 62 records

  5. Screen subject and counterparties

    19s

    Screened against consolidated sanctions lists, the global PEP register and internal watchlists; applied the institution's discriminator rules to each candidate.

    • OFAC SDN + Consolidated: discounted
    • Global PEP register: discounted

    Sanctions & PEP · 3 records

  6. Adverse media sweep

    22s

    Searched 42 languages across licensed and open sources, deduplicated by event and tested each candidate for homonym risk.

    • No relevant negative news identified

    Adverse media · 1,840 records

  7. Weigh evidence and reach disposition

    16s

    Aggregated 5 weighted findings; suspicion score 0.00 against the institution's thresholds.

    • Suspicion score 0.00
    • Disposition: cleared
    • Confidence 97%

    Risk reasoning · 5 records

  8. Draft regulator-grade narrative

    14s

    Composed the six-part narrative with a source citation on every asserted fact.

    • Six sections drafted
    • 5 citations attached

    Narrative drafting · 5 records

  9. Self-check against the QA rubric

    9s

    Verified every narrative assertion resolves to a retrieved record, checked policy citations and tested the disposition against the escalation matrix.

    • All assertions traced to source
    • No escalation trigger fired

    Self-QA · 5 records

Agent disposition

$2.80
Cleared
Calibrated confidence97%
Findings
5
Citations
5
Saved
$30

Weighted findings

F-4

Counterparties corroborated by documentation already on file

1 counterparty is evidenced in the customer file: Correspondent agreement on file.

Customer document store

0.62
F-1

Activity consistent with declared expectation

Alerted volume 1,940,000 NGN sits within the declared monthly expectation of 1,400,000 NGN recorded for this relationship (licensed international money transfer operator).

KYC profile CUS-224909

0.55
F-2

High pass-through ratio explained by the business model

98% of inbound value was disbursed within the alert window; pass-through is intrinsic to a licensed international money transfer operator, whose settlement obligations are documented at onboarding.

Transaction ledger, 2 records

0.50
F-5

Screening alert discounted on identified discriminators

Okonkwo (fuzzy, 0.71) discounted: DOB differs by 14 years; Listed entity resident in a different jurisdiction; No shared identifiers.

OFAC SDN + Consolidated, UN, EU, UK OFSI

0.45
F-3

Counterparty risk flags reviewed and attributable

Flags on 1 counterparty resolve to cross-border or sector attributes already captured in the customer's risk rating.

Counterparty register

0.20

Regulator-grade narrative

Subject

Lagos Swift Remit Limited (CUS-224909) is a business customer of the institution since November 5, 2024, resident in Lagos, NG and recorded as licensed international money transfer operator. The relationship carries a high inherent risk rating, last reviewed June 1, 2026. Declared source of funds is transfer fees and fx spread, with an expected monthly throughput of 1,400,000 NGN. Identity was verified on November 5, 2024 by corporate + licence verification.

Activity under review

Alert ALT-2026-88052 was generated by rule TM-GEO-009 — corridor volume growth exceeds 400% month-over-month — covering 2 transactions totalling 1,940,000 NGN through the remittance channel between August 26, 2026 to August 25, 2026. 1 inbound and 1 outbound movements were reviewed in full, together with the customer's trailing twelve-month history and 1 counterparty resolved to 1 hop.

Findings

No indicator of concealment, threshold avoidance or unexplained value was identified across the transaction, counterparty or screening evidence reviewed.

Mitigating evidence

(1) Counterparties corroborated by documentation already on file. 1 counterparty is evidenced in the customer file: Correspondent agreement on file. [Customer document store] (2) Activity consistent with declared expectation. Alerted volume 1,940,000 NGN sits within the declared monthly expectation of 1,400,000 NGN recorded for this relationship (licensed international money transfer operator). [KYC profile CUS-224909] (3) High pass-through ratio explained by the business model. 98% of inbound value was disbursed within the alert window; pass-through is intrinsic to a licensed international money transfer operator, whose settlement obligations are documented at onboarding. [Transaction ledger, 2 records] (4) Screening alert discounted on identified discriminators. Okonkwo (fuzzy, 0.71) discounted: DOB differs by 14 years; Listed entity resident in a different jurisdiction; No shared identifiers. [OFAC SDN + Consolidated, UN, EU, UK OFSI] (5) Counterparty risk flags reviewed and attributable. Flags on 1 counterparty resolve to cross-border or sector attributes already captured in the customer's risk rating. [Counterparty register]

Screening

OFAC SDN + Consolidated, UN, EU, UK OFSI: Okonkwo (fuzzy, 0.71) (score 0.71) — discounted. Name-only overlap on a common surname. Date of birth, nationality and all secondary identifiers diverge. Discounted under the institution's two-discriminator rule. Global PEP register: No match (score 0.11) — discounted. No PEP, RCA or close-associate match above the 0.85 review threshold.

Disposition

The activity is explained by the customer's documented profile and no further action is recommended. The alert is closed as a false positive. This determination was produced by heelius-investigator-4.2 · policy-pack us-bsa-2026.08 with a calibrated confidence of 97% and is subject to the institution's quality-assurance sampling programme.

heelius-investigator-4.2 · policy-pack us-bsa-2026.085 citationsAug 31, 2026, 3:35 PM

Reviewer decision

QA sample

overturned

Disposition reversed to RFI. Corridor growth is explained, but the agent under-weighted the absence of originator data on the aggregated pool. Retraining sample.

S. Lindqvist · L3