N.Y. PEN Law § 470.05

This is the official text of N.Y. PEN Law § 470.05, part of New York’s Penal Law — defines crimes and punishments in New York.

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Money laundering in the fourth degree

Official statutory text

§ 470.05 Money laundering in the fourth degree.\n A person is guilty of money laundering in the fourth degree when:\n 1. Knowing that the property involved in one or more financial\ntransactions represents the proceeds of criminal conduct:\n (a) he or she conducts one or more such financial transactions which\nin fact involve the proceeds of specified criminal conduct:\n (i) With intent to:\n (A) promote the carrying on of criminal conduct; or\n (B) engage in conduct constituting a felony as set forth in section\neighteen hundred three, eighteen hundred four, eighteen hundred five, or\neighteen hundred six of the tax law; or\n (ii) Knowing that the transaction or transactions in whole or in part\nare designed to:\n (A) conceal or disguise the nature, the location, the source, the\nownership or the control of the proceeds of criminal conduct; or\n (B) avoid any transaction reporting requirement imposed by law; and\n (b) The total value of the property involved in such financial\ntransaction or transactions exceeds five thousand dollars; or\n 2. Knowing that one or more monetary instruments represents the\nproceeds of criminal conduct:\n (a) he or she transports, transmits, or transfers on one or more\noccasions, monetary instruments which in fact represent the proceeds of\nspecified criminal conduct:\n (i) With intent to promote the carrying on of criminal conduct; or\n (ii) Knowing that such transportation, transmittal, or transfer is\ndesigned in whole or in part to:\n (A) conceal or disguise the nature, the location, the source, the\nownership, or the control of the proceeds of criminal conduct; or\n (B) avoid any transaction reporting requirement imposed by law; and\n (b) The total value of such monetary instrument or instruments exceeds\nten thousand dollars; or\n 3. He or she conducts one or more financial transactions:\n (a) involving property represented to be the proceeds of specified\ncriminal conduct, or represented to be property used to conduct or\nfacilitate specified criminal conduct, with intent to:\n (i) promote the carrying on of specified criminal conduct; or\n (ii) conceal or disguise the nature, the location, the source, the\nownership or the control of property believed to be the proceeds of\nspecified criminal conduct; or\n (iii) avoid any transaction reporting requirement imposed by law; and\n (b) the total value of the property involved in such financial\ntransaction or transactions exceeds ten thousand dollars.\n Money laundering in the fourth degree is a class E felony.\n

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