United States Second Circuit

Conduct that begins with a sum of money located in one country and ends with a related sum of money located in another may constitute a transfer for purposes of international money laundering under 18 U.S.C. section 1956(a)(2), whether or not 1) the vehicle for effecting the "transfer" is comprised of a single step or a series, or 2) the funds move directly between an account in the U.S. and one abroad.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/22/2002
• Decided 12/19/2002
• Published 12/19/2002

Judges

• STRAUB, Circuit Judge., Before: F.I. PARKER, STRAUB, and RAGGI, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew J. Ceresney, Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York, New York, NY (James B. Comey, United States Attorney, on the brief;  Robin L. Baker, Assistant United States Attorney, of counsel), for Appellee., David S. Zapp, New York, NY (Marjorie M. Smith, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellant.