Title: Money Laundering Charges and Penalties - Federal Criminal Lawyer
Headings: Money Laundering Charges
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Content: That is technically money laundering. Now, in federal court, we see money laundering charges usually in cases involving some type of underlying financial crime. It can be a drug crime. It can also be a fraud or embezzlement crime. It can be a racketeering/RICO Act-type of crime. Basically, any crime where the person is alleged to have made money, you’re going to see the federal government add money laundering charges to that case, and there’s a good reason for that. In addition to trying to make the person face additional criminal penalties, the government wants to get that money. So they use the money laundering charges as a way to convince a judge, even before the case goes to trial, to let the government seize the money and eventually try to keep it. Now, there are various types of money laundering charges under federal law. The most common falls under 18 U.S.C. Section 1956.