P.R. Laws tit. 33, § 4856

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§ 4856. Money laundering

Any person who performs any of the following acts shall incur a third degree felony:

(a) To convert or transfer goods knowing that such goods originate from an unlawful activity or participation in such sort of activity for purposes of concealing or covering up the unlawful origins of the property, or

(b) to conceal or cover up the true nature, origin, location, disposal or transfer of property, goods or the corresponding rights thereof knowing that they originate from an unlawful activity or participation in such sort of activity.

The court shall provide for the seizing of the property, rights or goods obtained by means of this crime, whose amounts shall be covered into the Crime Victims’ Compensation Fund.

History —June 18, 2004, No. 149, § 228, eff. May 1, 2005.