Alert · reviewed · open
A single $9,100.00 ACH debit sits just under the $10,000 reporting threshold with no 24-hour pattern around it.
- Detector
- amount_just_below_threshold
- Severity
- low
- Program
- Northwind Payroll (simulated)
- Subject
- transfer acht_sb_33c93fbe7c831401
- Transfer
- acht_sb_33c93fbe7c831401 · $9,100.00 · ach outgoing
- Skoor at alert
- 35 review
- Hard signal
- no
- Policy
- policy-v1
- Opened
- 2026-09-17 23:13Z
- Closed
- —
- Decision clock
- complex · due 2026-09-20 23:13Z due 2026-09-20 23:13Z
- Escalated
- —
Draft narrative
What happened. A ach outgoing debit transfer of $9100.00 (acht_sb_33c93fbe7c831401) on program Northwind Payroll (simulated) was flagged by detector amount_just_below_threshold: A single $9,100.00 ACH debit sits just under the $10,000 reporting threshold with no 24-hour pattern around it..
What the evidence shows. Transaction Risk Skoor 35 (band review). Signals: counterparty.first_time (+10), counterparty.first_time_and_large (+15), amount.gt_3x_median (+10). Entity Sandbox Structurer: verification VERIFIED, PEP no, high risk no.
What was checked. Program KRIs as of the latest snapshot: frozen_accounts ok, hold_aging_hours watch, overdraft_events ok, manual_review_rate ok, card_fraud_declines unmeasured, pep_flagged_entities watch, velocity_vs_declared ok, stale_screening_share ok, high_risk_entity_share watch, reserve_coverage_ratio ok, ach_overall_return_rate ok, verification_denial_rate ok, manual_review_aging_hours breach, ach_unauthorized_return_rate ok, sanctioned_country_transfers ok, ach_administrative_return_rate ok, counterparty_concentration_top1 ok. No prior dispositions on this entity or counterparty.
What is recommended. Recommended: escalate. A person decides; this draft was assembled from the evidence without a model (model call failed).
- Recommendation
- escalate
- Confidence
- null (template, no model)
- Model
- none (template)
- Drafted
- 2026-09-17 23:14Z
- Rationale
- Template draft: recommendation follows the band and the hard-signal rule only.
Evidence
{
"n": 1476,
"band": "review",
"skoor": 35,
"typology": "amount_just_below_threshold",
"confidence": 0.7,
"thresholds": {
"maxCents": "999999",
"minCents": "900000"
},
"amountCents": "910000",
"routeReason": "detector not auto-closable"
}
Skoor signals
| Signal | Weight | Hard | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|
| counterparty.first_time | +10 | first transfer with this counterparty | |
| counterparty.first_time_and_large | +15 | amount above the program p95 (380696) | |
| amount.gt_3x_median | +10 | amount > 3× program median (189860) |
Decision
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Dispositions
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Actions
Freeze, request to program, and suspend need a second, distinct approver. Clear hold, cancel, and pause execute on the requester's approval. Executed through the bank's own API with the tenant's sandbox key; a dry run when there is none.
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