Money Laundering

If the defendant acquired the proceeds from a specific activity that was unlawful, and that the defendant used those proceeds to engage in a financial transaction, either domestically or internationally.  

§1956 criminalizes financial transactions that satisfy the conventional understanding of money laundering-namely, transactions intended “to conceal or disguise the nature, the location, the source, the ownership, or the control of the proceeds of specified unlawful activity.” 18 U.S.C.