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The Massachusetts Legislature defines Money laundering under Massachusetts General Law Chapter 267 A,§ 2 as follows:
Section 2. Whoever knowingly:
(1) transports or possesses a monetary instrument or other property that was derived from criminal activity with the intent to promote, carry on or facilitate criminal activity;
(2) engages in a transaction involving a monetary instrument or other property known to be derived from criminal activity:
(i) with the intent to promote, carry on or facilitate criminal activity; or
(ii) knowing that the transaction is designed in whole or in part either to: (A) conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership or control of the property derived from criminal activity; or (B) avoid a transaction reporting requirement of this chapter, of the United States, or of any other state; or
(3) directs, organizes, finances, plans, manages, supervises or controls the transportation of, or transactions in, monetary instruments or other property known to be derived from criminal activity or which a reasonable person would believe to be derived from criminal activity shall be guilty of the crime of money laundering and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than 6 years or by a fine of not more than $250,000 or twice the value of the property transacted, whichever is greater, or by both such imprisonment and fine. Whoever commits a second or subsequent such offense shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than 2 years, but not more than 8 years or by a fine of not more than $500,000 or 3 times the value of the property transacted, whichever is greater, or by both such imprisonment and fine.
The model jury instructions requires the Commonwealth to prove the following in order for the Commonwealth to prove each element of the offense. The Commonwealth must prove each of the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt at trial:
First: That the defendant engaged in a monetary transaction.
Second: That the monetary transaction involved monetary instruments or other property derived from criminal activity.
Third: That the defendant knew the monetary instruments or other property were derived from criminal activity; and
Fourth: That the defendant knew that the transaction was designed in whole or in part to conceal and disguise the nature, location, source, ownership or control of the property derived from criminal activity.
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