Illinois Code § 720 ILCS 5/29B-1

Money laundering.
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Sec. 29B-1. 
Money laundering. 
 
(a) A person commits the offense of money laundering: 

 
 
(1) when, knowing that the property involved in a 
 
financial transaction represents the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity, he or she conducts or attempts to conduct the financial transaction which in fact involves criminally derived property:
 
 
 
(A) with the intent to promote the carrying on 
 
 
of the unlawful activity from which the criminally derived property was obtained; or
 
 
 
(B) where he or she knows or reasonably should 
 
 
know that the financial transaction is designed in whole or in part:
 
 
 
 
(i) to conceal or disguise the nature, the 
 
 
 
location, the source, the ownership or the control of the criminally derived property; or
 
 
 
 
(ii) to avoid a transaction reporting 
 
 
 
requirement under State law; or
 
 
(1.5) when he or she transports, transmits, or 
 
transfers, or attempts to transport, transmit, or transfer a monetary instrument:
 
 
 
(A) with the intent to promote the carrying on of 
 
 
the unlawful activity from which the criminally derived property was obtained; or
 
 
 
(B) knowing, or having reason to know, that the 
 
 
financial transaction is designed in whole or in part:
 
 
 
 
(i) to conceal or disguise the nature, the 
 
 
 
location, the source, the ownership or the control of the criminally derived property; or
 
 
 
 
(ii) to avoid a transaction reporting 
 
 
 
requirement under State law; or

 
 
(2) when, with the intent to:

 
 
 
(A) promote the carrying on of a specified 
 
 
criminal activity as defined in this Article; or

 
 
 
(B) conceal or disguise the nature, location, 
 
 
source, ownership, or control of property believed to be the proceeds of a specified criminal activity as defined in this Article; or
 
 
 
(C) avoid a transaction reporting requirement 
 
 
under State law, 

 
he or she conducts or attempts to conduct a financial 
 
transaction involving property he or she believes to be the proceeds of specified criminal activity or property used to conduct or facilitate specified criminal activity as defined in this Article.

 
(b) (Blank).

 
(c) Sentence.

 
 
(1) Laundering of criminally derived property of a 
 
value not exceeding $10,000 is a Class 3 felony;

 
 
(2) Laundering of criminally derived property of a 
 
value exceeding $10,000 but not exceeding $100,000 is a Class 2 felony;

 
 
(3) Laundering of criminally derived property of a 
 
value exceeding $100,000 but not exceeding $500,000 is a Class 1 felony;

 
 
(4) Money laundering in violation of subsection 
 
(a)(2) of this Section is a Class X felony;

 
 
(5) Laundering of criminally derived property of a 
 
value exceeding $500,000 is a Class 1 non-probationable felony;

 
 
(6) In a prosecution under clause (a)(1.5)(B)(ii) of 
 
this Section, the sentences are as follows:
 
 
 
(A) Laundering of property of a value not 
 
 
exceeding $10,000 is a Class 3 felony;
 
 
 
(B) Laundering of property of a value exceeding 
 
 
$10,000 but not exceeding $100,000 is a Class 2 felony;
 
 
 
(C) Laundering of property of a value exceeding 
 
 
$100,000 but not exceeding $500,000 is a Class 1 felony;
 
 
 
(D) Laundering of property of a value exceeding 
 
 
$500,000 is a Class 1 non-probationable felony.

financial transaction represents the proceeds of some form of unlawful activity, he or she conducts or attempts to conduct the financial transaction which in fact involves criminally derived property:
of the unlawful activity from which the criminally derived property was obtained; or
know that the financial transaction is designed in whole or in part:
location, the source, the ownership or the control of the criminally derived property; or
requirement under State law; or
transfers, or attempts to transport, transmit, or transfer a monetary instrument:
the unlawful activity from which the criminally derived property was obtained; or
financial transaction is designed in whole or in part:
location, the source, the ownership or the control of the criminally derived property; or
requirement under State law; or
criminal activity as defined in this Article; or
source, ownership, or control of property believed to be the proceeds of a specified criminal activity as defined in this Article; or
under State law,
transaction involving property he or she believes to be the proceeds of specified criminal activity or property used to conduct or facilitate specified criminal activity as defined in this Article.
value not exceeding $10,000 is a Class 3 felony;
value exceeding $10,000 but not exceeding $100,000 is a Class 2 felony;
value exceeding $100,000 but not exceeding $500,000 is a Class 1 felony;
(a)(2) of this Section is a Class X felony;
value exceeding $500,000 is a Class 1 non-probationable felony;
this Section, the sentences are as follows:
exceeding $10,000 is a Class 3 felony;
$10,000 but not exceeding $100,000 is a Class 2 felony;
$100,000 but not exceeding $500,000 is a Class 1 felony;
$500,000 is a Class 1 non-probationable felony.

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