N.Y. Penal Law § 470.23: Money laundering in support of terrorism in the second degree

§ 470.23 Money laundering in support of terrorism in the second degree.

A person is guilty of money laundering in support of terrorism in the

second 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 twenty-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

twenty-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 twenty-five thousand dollars.

Money laundering in support of terrorism in the second degree is a

class C felony.