Sale of stolen goods worth more than $5000 is a felony where the stolen goods have crossed a state or United States boundary and are known to be stolen. See 18 U.S.C. § 2315. A single vial of coaxium valued at 500-800 credits may not be enough to meet the federal statutory minimum, even assuming a relatively generous exchange rate of $1.

The complaint alleges that the proceeds of those illicitly awarded contracts were then laundered in and through the U.S. and used to purchase various assets subject to seizure and forfeiture, including a $50 million condominium located in one of Manhattan’s most expensive buildings – 157 W. 57th Street – and the Galactica Star, an $80 million yacht. More specifically, the complaint alleges in part that the assets at issue are subject to forfeiture because they constitute or are derived from proceeds traceable to the following “specified unlawful activity” under the criminal money laundering statutes: foreign offenses involving “the misappropriation, theft, or embezzlement of public funds by or for the benefit of a public official;” foreign offenses involving bribery of a public official; interstate transportation of stolen or fraudulently obtained property, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314; interstate receipt of stolen property, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2315; wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343; and a felony violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 78dd-1 et seq. Continued Expansive Claims of Extraterritorial Application of U.S. Law The civil complaint has a distinctly international flair.