11th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) O74.6

18 U.S.C. § 1957

It’s a Federal crime for anyone to engage in certain kinds of financial

transactions commonly known as money laundering.

The Defendant can be found guilty of this offense only if all the following

are proved beyond a reasonable doubt;

(1) the Defendant knowingly engaged or attempted to engage in a

monetary transaction;

(2) the Defendant knew the transaction involved property or funds that

were the proceeds of some criminal activity;

(3) the property had a value of more than $10,000;

(4) the property was in fact proceeds of [describe the specified

unlawful activity alleged in the indictment]; and

(5) the transaction took place in [the United States][in the special

maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States] [outside

the United States but the Defendant was a United States person as

defined by 18 U.S.C. § 3077 (excluding section (2)(D))].

The term “monetary transaction” means the [deposit] [withdrawal] [transfer]

[exchange of funds or a monetary instrument] by, through , or to a financial

institution in a way that affects interstate commerce. [The term does not include

any transaction necessary to preserve a person’s right to representation as

guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution.]

A “financial institution” means [identify type of institution listed in 31

U.S.C § 5312 as alleged in the indictment].

The term “proceeds” means any property derived from or obtained or

retained, directly or indirectly, through some form of unlawful activity, including

the gross receipts of the activity.

It doesn’t matter whether the Defendant knew the precise nature of the crime

or that the property came from committing [unlawful activity alleged in

indictment]. But the Government must prove that the Defendant knew that the

property involved in the monetary transaction was obtained or derived from

committing some crime.

Also it doesn’t matter whether all the property involved was derived from a

crime. The Government only has to prove that $10,000 worth of the property was

obtained or derived from committing a crime.