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CALCRIM No. 2997

Money Laundering (Pen. Code, § 186.10)

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The defendant is charged [in Count] with money

laundering [in violation of Penal Code section 186.10].

To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must

prove that:

1. The defendant (conducted/ [or] attempted to conduct) one or

more financial transactions involving at least one monetary

instrument through at least one financial institution;

1. <Give 2A when only one transaction is alleged.>

[2A. The financial transaction involved [a] monetary instrument[s]

with a total value of more than $5,000;]

[2A. <Give 2B and/or 2C as appropriate when multiple transactions are

alleged.>

[2B. The defendant (conducted/ [or] attempted to conduct) the

financial transactions within a seven-day period and the monetary

instrument[s] involved had a total value of more than $5,000;]

[OR]

[2C. The defendant (conducted/ [or] attempted to conduct) the

financial transactions within a 30-day period and the monetary

instrument[s] involved had a total value of more than $25,000;]

[AND]

[2C. <Give 3A, 3B, or both, as appropriate.>

[3A. When the defendant did so, (he/she) intended to (promote/ [or]

manage/ [or] establish/ [or] carry on/ [or] facilitate) criminal

activity;]

[OR]

[3B. The defendant knew that the monetary instrument[s] represented

the proceeds of criminal activity or (was/were) derived directly or

indirectly from the proceeds of criminal activity(;/.)]

[AND]

[3B. <Give element 4 as appropriate if the defendant is an attorney.>

[4. The attorney defendant accepted a fee for representing a client in

a criminal investigation or proceeding and accepted the monetary

instrument with the intent to disguise or aid in disguising the

source of the funds or the nature of the criminal activity.]

Conducting includes, but is not limited to, initiating, participating in, or

concluding a transaction.

Financial institution means (any national bank or banking institution/

<insert appropriate entity from Pen. Code, § 186.9(b)>)

located or doing business in the state of California.

A transaction includes the (deposit/ [or] withdrawal/ [or] transfer/ [or]

bailment/ [or] loan/ [or] pledge/ [or] payment/ [or] exchange) of

(currency/ [or] a monetary instrument/ [or] the electronic, wire,

magnetic, or manual transfer) of funds between accounts by, through, or

to, a financial institution.

A monetary instrument means (money of the United States of America/

[or] <insert appropriate item from Pen. Code, § 186.9(d)>.

Criminal activity means (a criminal offense punishable under the laws of

the state of California by [death or] imprisonment in the state prison/

[or] a criminal offense committed in another jurisdiction, which, under

the laws of that jurisdiction is punishable by death or imprisonment for

a term exceeding one year).

[Foreign bank draft means a bank draft or check issued or made out by

a foreign (bank/ [or] savings and loan/ [or] casa de cambio/ [or] credit

union/ [or] currency dealer or exchanger/ [or] check cashing business/

[or] money transmitter/ [or] insurance company/ [or] investment or

private bank) [or any other foreign financial institution that provides

similar financial services,] on an account in the name of the foreign bank

or foreign financial institution held at a bank or other financial

institution located in the United States or a territory of the United

States.]

<Give the following paragraph if a sentence enhancement is alleged

pursuant to Pen. Code, § 186.10(c).>

[If you find the defendant guilty of this crime, you must then determine

whether the [total] value of the [attempted] transaction[s] was more than

<insert alleged minimum value> but less than <insert

alleged top limit>. The People have the burden of proving this additional

allegation beyond a reasonable doubt. If the People have not met this

burden, you must find that this allegation has not been proved.]

New August 2009; Revised April 2010

CALCRIM No. 2997 VANDALISM, LOITERING, AND TRESPASS

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Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
calcrim-2023
Content hash
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