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Money Laundering
New Jersey Money Laundering
Criminal Defense Attorney
A conviction for Money Laundering can have devastating consequences including jail or prison time. It can also impact employment, housing, finances, education, reputation, and relationships. Because of this, it is crucial to have an experienced, skilled, and aggressive attorney by your side.
Ms. Denholtz is a fierce criminal defense trial attorney with over a decade of experience. Ms. Denholtz offers relentless advocacy, strategic defense, and exceptional service to clients accused of White-Collar Offenses throughout New Jersey. At Denholtz Criminal Defense, you can trust that your case will receive the meticulous attention and tireless advocacy it deserves. Ms. Denholtz is ready to fight for you. Contact Denholtz Criminal Defense today for your FREE consultation: (862) 842-0811 or Tracy@DenholtzCriminalDefense.com.
Money Laundering
(N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25)
Financial Facilitation of Criminal Activity (AKA Money Laundering): Under N.J.S.A. 2C:21-25, a person is guilty of a crime if the person:
Transports or possesses property known or which a reasonable person would believe to be derived from criminal activity.
Engages in a transaction involving property known or which a reasonable person would believe to be derived from criminal activity:
With the intent to facilitate or promote the criminal activity; or
Knowing that the transaction is designed in whole or in part:
(a) to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership or control of the property derived from criminal activity; or (b) to avoid a transaction reporting requirement under the laws of this State or any other state or of the United States; or
Directs, organizes, finances, plans, manages, supervises, or controls the transportation of or transactions in property known or which a reasonable person would believe to be derived from criminal activity.
A person is guilty of a crime if, with the purpose to evade a transaction reporting requirement of this State, or any rules or regulations adopted under those chapters and sections, he:
Causes or attempts to cause a financial institution, including a foreign or domestic money transmitter or an authorized delegate thereof, casino, check casher, person engaged in a trade or business or any other individual or entity required by State or federal law to file a report regarding currency transactions or suspicious transactions to fail to file a report; or
Causes or attempts to cause a financial institution, including a foreign or domestic money transmitter or an authorized delegate thereof, casino, check casher, person engaged in a trade or business or any other individual or entity required by State or federal law to file a report regarding currency transactions or suspicious transactions to file a report that contains a material omission or misstatement of fact; or
Structures or assists in structuring, or attempts to structure or assist in structuring any transaction with one or more financial institutions, including foreign or domestic money transmitters or an authorized delegate thereof, casinos, check cashers, persons engaged in a trade or business or any other individuals or entities required by State or federal law to file a report regarding currency transactions or suspicious transactions.
“Known to Be Derived From Criminal Activity”: For the purposes of this act, property is known to be derived from criminal activity if the person knows that the property involved represents proceeds from some form, though not necessarily which form, of criminal activity.
Factors to Consider: Among the factors that the finder of fact may consider in determining that a transaction has been designed to avoid a transaction reporting requirement shall be whether the person, acting alone or with others, conducted one or more transactions in currency, in any amount, at one or more financial institutions, on one or more days, in any manner.
“In Any Manner”: The phrase "in any manner" includes the breaking down of a single sum of currency exceeding the transaction reporting requirement into smaller sums, including sums at or below the transaction reporting requirement, or the conduct of a transaction, or series of currency transactions, including transactions at or below the transaction reporting requirement. The transaction or transactions need not exceed the transaction reporting threshold at any single financial institution on any single day in order to demonstrate a violation of subparagraph (b) of paragraph (2) of subsection b. of this section.
"Structure" or "Structuring": "Structure" or "structuring" means that a person, acting alone, or in conjunction with, or on behalf of, other persons, conducts or attempts to conduct one or more transactions in currency, in any amount, at one or more financial institutions, on one or more days, in any manner, for the purpose of evading currency transaction reporting requirements provided by State or federal law.
"In any Manner": "In any manner" includes, but is not limited to, the breaking down into smaller sums of a single sum of currency meeting or exceeding that which is necessary to trigger a currency reporting requirement or the conduct of a transaction, or series of currency transactions, at or below the reporting requirement. The transaction or transactions need not exceed the reporting threshold at any single financial institution on any single day in order to meet the definition of "structure" or "structuring" provided in this paragraph.
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