What is money laundering?
Although many people think of money laundering as simply the process of executing a series of convoluted financial transactions to conceal the origin of funds obtained from criminal activity, the federal criminal money laundering statutes, cover a far broader range of conduct involving criminally derived property.
Federal criminal money laundering offenses are codified under 18 U.S.C. § 1956 and § 1957. § 1956 is the more serious and commonly charged of the two, and carries a maximum potential penalty of 20 years. § 1957, by contrast, carries a maximum potential penalty of 10 years. In … Read More »
