§ 470.21 Money laundering in support of terrorism in the fourth degree.
A person is guilty of money laundering in support of terrorism in the
fourth 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 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 one thousand dollars; or
2. Knowing that one or more monetary instruments 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 transports, transmits, or transfers 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:
(i) With intent to promote the carrying on of 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
two thousand dollars; or
3. He or she conducts one or more financial transactions:
(a) 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, 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 two thousand dollars.
Money laundering in support of terrorism in the fourth degree is a
class E felony.
