both. For the purpose of the offense described in subparagraph (B), the defendant’s
knowledge may be established by proof thata law enforcement officer represented
the matter specified in subparagraph (B) astrue, and the defendant’s subsequent
statements or actions indicate that the defendant believed such representations to be
true.
(3) Whoever, with the intent—
(A) to promote the carrying on ofspecified unlawful activity;
(B) to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, or control of
property believed to be the proceeds ofspecified unlawful activity; or
(C) to avoid a transaction reporting requirement under State or Federal law,
conducts or attempts to conduct a financial transaction involving property
represented to be the proceeds of specified unlawful activity, or property used to
conduct or facilitate specified unlawful activity, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both. For purposes of this paragraph and
paragraph (2), the term “represented” means any representation made by a law
enforcement officer or by another person atthe direction of, or with the approval
of, a Federal official authorized to investigate or prosecute violations of this
section.
(b) Penalties.—
(1) In general.— Whoever conducts or attempts to conduct a transaction described in
subsection (a)(1) or (a)(3), or section 1957, or a transportation, transmission, or
transfer described in subsection (a)(2), is liable to the United States for a civil penalty
of not more than the greater of—
(A) the value of the property, funds, or monetary instruments involved in the
transaction; or
(B) $10,000.
(2) Jurisdiction over foreign persons.— For purposes of adjudicating an action filed or
enforcing a penalty ordered under this section, the district courts shall have jurisdiction
over any foreign person, including any financial institution authorized under the laws
of a foreign country, against whom the action is brought, if service of process upon the
foreign person is made under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or the laws of the
country in which the foreign person is found, and—
(A) the foreign person commits an offense under subsection (a) involving a
financial transaction that occurs in whole or in part in the United States;
(B) the foreign person converts, to his orher own use, property in which the United
States has an ownership interest by virtue of the entry of an order of forfeiture by a
court of the United States; or
both. For the purpose of the offense described in subparagraph (B), the defendant’s knowledge may be established by proof thata law enforcement officer represented the matter specified in subparagraph (B) astrue, and the defendant’s subsequent statements or actions indicate that the defendant believed such representations to be true. (3) Whoever, with the intent— (A) to promote the carrying on ofspecified unlawful activity; (B) to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership, or control of property believed to be the proceeds ofspecified unlawful activity; or (C) to avoid a transaction reporting requirement under State or Federal law, conducts or attempts to conduct a financial transaction involving property represented to be the proceeds of specified unlawful activity, or property used to conduct or facilitate specified unlawful activity, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both. For purposes of this paragraph and paragraph (2), the term “represented” means any representation made by a law enforcement officer or by another person atthe direction of, or with the approval of, a Federal official authorized to investigate or prosecute violations of this section. (b) Penalties.— (1) In general.— Whoever conducts or attempts to conduct a transaction described in subsection (a)(1) or (a)(3), or section 1957, or a transportation, transmission, or transfer described in subsection (a)(2), is liable to the United States for a civil penalty
of not more than the greater of—
(A) the value of the property, funds, or monetary instruments involved in the
transaction; or
(B) $10,000.
(2) Jurisdiction over foreign persons.— For purposes of adjudicating an action filed or
enforcing a penalty ordered under this section, the district courts shall have jurisdiction
over any foreign person, including any financial institution authorized under the laws
of a foreign country, against whom the action is brought, if service of process upon the
foreign person is made under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or the laws of the
country in which the foreign person is found, and—
(A) the foreign person commits an offense under subsection (a) involving a
financial transaction that occurs in whole or in part in the United States;
(B) the foreign person converts, to his orher own use, property in which the United
States has an ownership interest by virtue of the entry of an order of forfeiture by a
court of the United States; or
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