money laundering

Money Laundering

Important Area; Where We Are Going…

Why Have Money Laundering Laws?

Why Do Prosecutors Like Money Laundering Statutes?

Overview of Statutes, Methods, & Purposes

Purposes

Purpose # 1: To Address Concealment

# 2: Block Use of Tainted/ untainted) Funds to Promote Other

Crimes.

Purpose # 3: Money- Spending Prohibition

Coverage of Statutes

Close Reading of 3 Statutes

18 U.S.C. § 1956(A)(1) - Transaction(Promotion or Concealment)

18 U.S.C. 1956(A)(2) - Transport(Promote or Conceal)

Cuellar v. U.S. (2008 – USSC)

18 U.S.C. 1956(A)(3) – To Qualify UC Ops

18 U.S.C. § 1957 – Anti- Spending

§ 1957 REFINEMENTS & ELEMENTS

What Proof § 1957 does Not Require

Why Make 1957 So Broad?

18 U.S.C. 1960

HAWALA BROKERS

Cases

U.S. v. Campbell (4th Cir. 1992)

Campbell: Illustrative Concealment Case

Campbell

Campbell

Most Common Methods of Concealment (And Of Showing It)

Cuellar (2008) and Campbell (1992)

Campbell § 1001 Charge

PIERVINANZI (1994)(746)

Facts

Piervinanzi’s Argument Against the 1956(a)(2)(A) Count?

Court responses