18 U.S.C. § 1956
money laundering
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Money laundering

Punishes financial transactions designed to conceal the proceeds of unlawful activity or to promote further unlawful activity.

704
documents charge this statute
2
associated schemes
4
structural heuristics
scheme mix in corpus: Non-Corporate Fraud 116Financial-Statement Fraud 87Public Corruption 64Cyber Fraud 48Ponzi 47Health Care Fraud 46Corporate Disclosure Fraud 42Crypto / Digital-Asset Securities 39Racketeering / RICO 33Investment Adviser Fraud 28FCPA Violation 24Advance-Fee Fraud 20Affinity Fraud 18Pump-and-Dump 15Unregistered Securities Offering 15Accounting / Disclosure Fraud 12Market Manipulation 9Insider Trading 8Boiler Room 8Pre-IPO Fraud 7Broker-Dealer Fraud 7unclassified 7Obstruction of Justice 4

Fraud schemes charged under this statute

Financial-Statement Fraud regex

Misstated revenue or balance-sheet manipulation in periodic filings.

rule / inferenceMisstated financials / restatement language in periodic filings.
SEC filings 10-K10-Q8-KNT 10-K
heuristicslate_filer_cluster
Ponzi form-presence

New-investor funds used to pay prior investors; typically an unregistered fund offering.

rule / inferenceForm D, or no registration at all, for an entity raising pooled investor funds.
SEC filings Form D
heuristicsreg_s_issuance · promissory_clauses · form_d_only_issuer

What to look for in SEC filings

EDGAR form fingerprints across the associated schemes:

10-K10-Q8-KNT 10-KForm D
late_filer_clusterCluster of NT / late periodic filings around the conduct window.
reg_s_issuanceRegulation S (offshore) issuance used to evade registration.
promissory_clausesPromissory-note / guaranteed-return language in offering material.
form_d_only_issuerEntity raises capital via Form D only, with no registration.

Documents citing this statute 704

French National Sentenced To Eight Years In Prison For Laundering Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Using Shell Companies And Crypto Accounts press_release crypto-securities Southern District of New York 2026-04-28U.S. Soldier Charged With Using Classified Information To Profit From Prediction Market Bets press_release insider-trading Southern District of New York 2026-04-23Dutchess County Couple Charged In Credit Card And Identity Theft Scheme press_release cyber-fraud Southern District of New York 2026-04-21Former Commercial Real Estate Vice President Convicted At Trial Of Fraud And Identity Theft Offenses press_release corporate-fraud Southern District of New York 2026-04-21Restaurateur Charged In Multimillion-Dollar Insurance Fraud Scheme And Money Laundering Conspiracy press_release health-care-fraud Southern District of New York 2026-04-01Former Employee Of The Croatian Mission To The U.N. Charged With Embezzling $750,000 Through Fraudulent Invoicing Scheme press_release public-corruption Southern District of New York 2026-04-01Maryland Man Charged With Defrauding Crypto Exchange Of Over $50 Million In Hacks press_release cyber-fraud Southern District of New York 2026-03-30Takeshi Ebisawa Sentenced To 20 Years In Prison For Conspiring To Traffic Nuclear Materials, Narcotics, And Firearms press_release non-corporate Southern District of New York 2026-03-03Creator Of “OnlyFake” Charged And Pleads Guilty To Selling More Than 10,000 Digital Fake Identification Documents press_release non-corporate Southern District of New York 2026-02-26Indian National Pleads Guilty To Plotting To Assassinate U.S. Citizen In New York City press_release non-corporate Southern District of New York 2026-02-13“Incognito Market” Owner Sentenced To 30 Years For Operating One Of The World’s Largest Online Narcotics Marketplaces press_release non-corporate Southern District of New York 2026-02-03Startup CEO Charged With Fraud press_release pre-ipo-fraud Southern District of New York 2026-01-29First Brands Executives Charged With Multibillion-Dollar Fraud press_release accounting-fraud Southern District of New York 2026-01-29Former New York City Official Charged With Bribery And Fraud press_release public-corruption Southern District of New York 2026-01-13Tech Company Executive Sentenced To Prison For Multimillion-Dollar Embezzlement Scheme And Tax Evasion press_release corporate-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-12-18Leader Of Tren De Aragua Charged In Manhattan Federal Court With Racketeering, Terrorism, Drug Importation, And Firearms Offenses press_release racketeering Southern District of New York 2025-12-18Founder Of Private Equity Firm Charged With Defrauding Investors Out Of Millions press_release ponzi Southern District of New York 2025-12-18Bronx Street Gang Leader And Rapper Kevin Perez, A/K/A “Kay Flock,” Sentenced To 30 Years For Gang-Related Shootings press_release racketeering Southern District of New York 2025-12-16CEO Of Telecommunications Construction Company Charged With Commercial Bribery, Fraud, And Witness Tampering Offenses press_release corporate-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-12-11Hollywood Director And Writer Convicted Of $11 Million Fraud On Subscription Streaming Service press_release investment-adviser-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-12-11Crypto-Enabled Fraudster Sentenced For Orchestrating $40 Billion Fraud press_release crypto-securities Southern District of New York 2025-12-11Former Senior DEA Official Indicted For Conspiring To Provide Material Support To A Foreign Terrorist Organization press_release non-corporate Southern District of New York 2025-12-05Former NYPD Officer Charged With Bribery, Narcotics, Firearms, And Robbery Offenses press_release public-corruption Southern District of New York 2025-11-04Former CEO Of Public Telecommunications Company Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Accounting Fraud press_release accounting-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-09-25California Man Arrested In Brazen $10 Million Loan Fraud Scheme Designed To Dupe The SEC press_release corporate-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-09-24Two Chinese Chemical Company Executives Sentenced To 25 And 15 Years In Prison, Respectively, For Fentanyl Precursor Importation And Money Laundering Offenses press_release non-corporate Southern District of New York 2025-09-19Honduran National Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For Laundering $12 Million In International Telemarketing Scheme press_release advance-fee Southern District of New York 2025-09-18Founder And Former CEO Of Charity Pleads Guilty To Multimillion-Dollar Charity Fraud And Tax Evasion press_release affinity-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-08-18Mexican Cartel Leader Servando Gomez-Martinez In U.S. Custody On Drug Importation Charge press_release non-corporate Southern District of New York 2025-08-13Ghanaian Nationals Extradited For Roles In Criminal Organization That Stole More Than $100 Million Through Romance Scams And Other Fraud press_release affinity-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-08-08Nigerian Man Extradited To Face Hacking, Fraud, And Identity Theft Charges press_release cyber-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-08-05CaaStle Founder Charged In $300 Million Fraud Scheme press_release pre-ipo-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-07-18Two Men Charged In HIV Medication Fraud And Identity Theft Scheme press_release health-care-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-06-30Nigerian Man Sentenced To More Than Five Years For Hacking, Fraud, And Identity Theft Scheme press_release cyber-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-06-06Bronx Woman Sentenced To 63 Months In Prison For Laundering Over $2 Million For African Romance Scammers press_release affinity-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-05-28Construction Manager Sentenced To Prison For Multimillion-Dollar Embezzlement And Tax Evasion press_release corporate-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-05-28Cargo Airline Operator Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Paying Millions In Kickbacks In Large-Scale Scheme To Defraud Cargo Airline press_release public-corruption Southern District of New York 2025-05-15Four Defendants Charged In Connection With Approximately $53 Million Check Fraud Scheme press_release financial-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-04-29Long Island Man Sentenced To 18 Years In Prison Following Conviction At Trial For Defrauding Cryptocurrency Investors And Others Of More Than $12 Million press_release crypto-securities Southern District of New York 2025-04-23Atlanta Man Sentenced To 151 Months In Prison For Defrauding Former NBA Players press_release affinity-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-04-03

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