Section 470.05 - Money laundering in the fourth degreeA person is guilty of money laundering in the fourth degree when:
1. Knowing that the property involved in one or more financial transactions represents the proceeds of criminal conduct:(a) he or she conducts one or more such financial transactions which in fact involve the proceeds of specified criminal conduct:(i) With intent to:(A) promote the carrying on of criminal conduct; or(B) engage in conduct constituting a felony as set forth in section eighteen hundred three, eighteen hundred four, eighteen hundred five, or eighteen hundred six of the tax law; or(ii) Knowing that the transaction or transactions in whole or in part are designed to: (A) conceal or disguise the nature, the location, the source, the ownership or the control of the proceeds of criminal conduct; or(B) avoid any transaction reporting requirement imposed by law; and(b) The total value of the property involved in such financial transaction or transactions exceeds five thousand dollars; or2. Knowing that one or more monetary instruments represents the proceeds of criminal conduct:(a) he or she transports, transmits, or transfers on one or more occasions, monetary instruments which in fact represent the proceeds of specified criminal conduct: (i) With intent to promote the carrying on of criminal conduct; or(ii) Knowing that such transportation, transmittal, or transfer is designed in whole or in part to:(A) conceal or disguise the nature, the location, the source, the ownership, or the control of the proceeds of criminal conduct; or(B) avoid any transaction reporting requirement imposed by law; and(b) The total value of such monetary instrument or instruments exceeds ten thousand dollars; or3. He or she conducts one or more financial transactions:(a) involving property represented to be the proceeds of specified criminal conduct, or represented to be property used to conduct or facilitate specified criminal conduct, with intent to:(i) promote the carrying on of specified criminal conduct; or(ii) conceal or disguise the nature, the location, the source, the ownership or the control of property believed to be the proceeds of specified criminal conduct; or(iii) avoid any transaction reporting requirement imposed by law; and(b) the total value of the property involved in such financial transaction or transactions exceeds ten thousand dollars. Money laundering in the fourth degree is a class E felony.