O74.1 Money Laundering: Promoting Unlawful Activity

Official jury instruction text reproduced for information. It is not legal advice; the instruction given in a case depends on the facts and the court.

Instruction
O74.1
Statute
18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(1)(A)(i)
Edition
Eleventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions (Criminal Cases), revised July 2026
Official source
Official PDF, page 472

Elements

Quoted word for word from the official text. Eleventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions (Criminal Cases), revised July 2026.

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 conducted or tried to conduct, a financial transaction;

(2) the Defendant knew that the money or property involved in the transaction were the proceeds of some kind of unlawful activity;

(3) the money or property did come from an unlawful activity, specifically [describe the specified unlawful activity alleged in the indictment]; and

(4) the Defendant was involved in the financial transaction with the intent to promote the carrying on of that specified unlawful activity.

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Official source: Official PDF, page 472

Official jury instruction text reproduced for information. It is not legal advice; the instruction given in a case depends on the facts and the court.

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