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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-282 (2025)

Money laundering. Presumptions

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(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.

(c) A person who fails to record or report a transaction involving one or more monetary 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.

(P.A. 87-373, S. 12.)

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Secs. 53a-283 to 53a-289. Reserved for future use.

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PART XXIV

VENDOR FRAUD

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2016–2024 · leading case: State v. Honsch, 322 A.3d 1019 (Conn. 2024).
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State v. Honsch, 322 A.3d 1019 (Conn. 2024). · cites it 2× “2d 102 (1982) (reversing murder conviction for lack of territorial jurisdiction because defendant’s own statements, which were ‘‘only evidence of exactly what happened,’’ showed that events occurred in another state).”
State v. Victor O., 128 A.3d 940 (Conn. 2016). “1 He claims that the trial court improperly failed to sentence him to a period of special parole pursuant to § 53a-70 (b) (3), which provides that ‘‘[a]ny person found guilty under [§ 53a-70] shall be sentenced to a term of imprisonment and a period of special parole pursuant to…”
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