Section 470.22. Money laundering in support of terrorism in the third degree  


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  • A  person is guilty of money laundering in support of terrorism in the
      third 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 specified 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 five thousand dollars; or
        2. Knowing that one or more monetary instruments 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:
        (a)  he  or  she  transports,  transmits,  or transfers or attempts to
      transport, transmit or transfer, 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  from  a
      place  in  any  county  in this state to or through a place outside that
      county or to a place in any county in this state from or through a place
      outside that county:
        (i) With intent to promote  the  carrying  on  of  specified  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
      five thousand dollars; or
        3. He or she conducts one or  more  financial  transactions  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:
        (a) 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 five thousand dollars.
        Money  laundering  in  support  of  terrorism in the third degree is a
      class D felony.