Legal Opinion
United States v. $215, 587.22 in U.S. Currency
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 30, 2018No. Case No.17–cv–00853(CRC)PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHRISTOPHER R. COOPER, United States District Judge
This case turns on what it means to be a "money transmitting business." A federal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1960, makes it a crime to operate one without a license. And the proceeds of a business operated in violation of that statute are subject to civil forfeiture. The government typically deploys these statutory authorities against non-bank financial institutions like wire remitters and currency exchangers. Rarely, if ever, have they been applied to ostensible nonfinancial professional-services firms that also transfer funds for clients. Until…
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- United States v. BankiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2011
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