United States v. Peterson’s Empirical Analysis
607 F.3d 975 · 2010
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1 federal appellate ·
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Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3553 · 31 U.S.C. § 5313 · 31 U.S.C. § 5324 (§ 1354 of the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986)
Relies on Kimbrough v. United States · United States v. St. Michael's Credit Union · United States v. Davenport · United States v. Tran Trong Cuong · United States v. Helem
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“... Counts 12 through 14 allege that defendant Johana Leon attempted to cause a financial institution to not file a report required by law. I will explain' the law governing those substantive offenses in a moment .... It’s a federal crime under certain circumstances for anyone to knowingly evade a currency transaction reporting requirement. Domestic financial institutions and banks (with specific exceptions) must file currency transaction reports, that’s a Form 4789, with the government. They must list all deposits, withdrawals, transfers, or payments involving more than $10,000 in cash or currency. The defendant can be found guilty of this crime only if all the following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt: (1) the defendant knowingly attempted to structure the transactions to cause a domestic financial institution to fail to file a report; (2) the purpose of the transaction was to evade the transaction reporting requirements; (3) the transactions involved one or more domestic financial institutions; and (4) the currency transaction with the domestic financial institutions furthered another federal crime as part of a pattern of illegal activity involving more than $100,000 in a 12-month period. To “structure” a transaction means to deposit, withdraw, or otherwise participate in transferring a total of more than $10,000 in cash or currency using a financial institution or bank by intentionally setting up or arranging a series of separate transactions, each one involvin”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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