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Conn. Crim. Jury Instr. 10.4

Introduction to Money Laundering

activein force · 2007-12-01 – presentas-observed

General Statutes § 53a-282 contains the following presumptions in regard to money

laundering crimes:

(a) A person who pays or receives substantially less than face value for one or more

monetary instruments that are in fact derived from criminal activity is presumed to know that the

monetary instrument or instruments are derived from criminal activity.

(b) A person who engages in a transaction involving one or more monetary instruments

that are in fact derived from criminal activity, knowing or believing that such instrument or

instruments, or the instrument or instruments or equivalent property exchanged for such

criminally derived instruments, bear fictitious names, is presumed to know that the monetary

instrument or instruments derived from criminal activity are in fact so derived.

instruments that are in fact derived from criminal activity, in circumstances under which such

recording or reporting is either required by law or is in the ordinary course of business, is

presumed to know that the monetary instrument or instruments are derived from criminal

activity.

(d) A person who engages in a transaction involving one or more monetary instruments

that are in fact derived from criminal activity, knowing that the physical condition or form of the

monetary instrument or instruments makes it apparent that they are not the product of bona fide

business or financial transactions, is presumed to know that they are derived from criminal

activity.

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Source: jud.ct.gov
Retrieved: 2026-08-23
Edition: 2026-08-23
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