PL 470.21 Money laundering in support of terrorism in the fourth degree Class E felony
§ 470.21 Money laundering in support of terrorism in the fourth degree.
  A  person is guilty of money laundering in support of terrorism in the
fourth degree when:
  1. Knowing that  the  property  involved  in  one  or  more  financial
transactions  represents  either  the proceeds of an act of terrorism as
defined in subdivision one of section 490.05 of this part, or a monetary
instrument given, received or intended to be used to support a violation
of article four hundred ninety of this part:
  (a) he or she conducts one or more such financial  transactions  which
in fact involve either the proceeds of an act of terrorism as defined in
subdivision one of section 490.05 of this part, or a monetary instrument
given, received or intended to be used to support a violation of article
four hundred ninety of this part:
  (i) With intent to:
  (A) promote the carrying on of criminal conduct; or
  (B)  engage  in  conduct constituting a felony as set forth in section
eighteen hundred three, eighteen hundred four, eighteen hundred five, or
eighteen hundred six of the tax law; or
  (ii) Knowing that the transaction or transactions in whole or in  part
are designed to:
  (A)  conceal  or  disguise  the  nature, the location, the source, the
ownership or the control of either the proceeds of an act  of  terrorism
as  defined  in  subdivision  one  of  section 490.05 of this part, or a
monetary instrument given, received or intended to be used to support  a
violation of article four hundred ninety of this part; or
  (B) avoid any transaction reporting requirement imposed by law; and
  (b)  the  total  value  of  the  property  involved  in such financial
transaction or transactions exceeds one thousand dollars; or
  2. Knowing that one or more monetary instruments represents either the
proceeds of an act of terrorism as defined in subdivision one of section
490.05 of this  part,  or  a  monetary  instrument  given,  received  or
intended  to  be  used  to  support  a violation of article four hundred
ninety of this part:
  (a) he or she transports, transmits,  or  transfers  on  one  or  more
occasions,  monetary  instruments  which  in  fact  represent either the
proceeds of an act of terrorism as defined in subdivision one of section
490.05 of this  part,  or  a  monetary  instrument  given,  received  or
intended  to  be  used  to  support  a violation of article four hundred
ninety of this part:
  (i) With intent to promote the carrying on of criminal conduct; or
  (ii) Knowing that such transportation,  transmittal,  or  transfer  is
designed in whole or in part to:
  (A)  conceal  or  disguise  the  nature, the location, the source, the
ownership, or the control of either the proceeds of an act of  terrorism
as  defined  in  subdivision  one  of  section 490.05 of this part, or a
monetary instrument given, received or intended to be used to support  a
violation of article four hundred ninety of this part; or
  (B) avoid any transaction reporting requirement imposed by law; and
  (b) the total value of such monetary instrument or instruments exceeds
two thousand dollars; or
  3. He or she conducts one or more financial transactions:
  (a) involving property represented to be either the proceeds of an act
of  terrorism  as  defined  in subdivision one of section 490.05 of this
part, or a monetary instrument given, received or intended to be used to
support a violation of article four hundred ninety of  this  part,  with
intent to:
  (i) promote the carrying on of specified criminal conduct; or
  (ii)  conceal  or  disguise  the nature, the location, the source, the
ownership or the control of property believed to be either the  proceeds
of  an  act of terrorism as defined in subdivision one of section 490.05
of this part, or a monetary instrument given, received or intended to be
used to support a violation of article four hundred ninety of this part;
or
  (iii) avoid any transaction reporting requirement imposed by law; and
  (b)  the  total  value  of  the  property  involved  in such financial
transaction or transactions exceeds two thousand dollars.
  Money laundering in support of terrorism in the  fourth  degree  is  a
class E felony.

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