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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>76807</law_id><section_number>18.2-246.2</section_number><catch_line>Definitions</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-513</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Crimes Involving Fraud</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">Virginia Comprehensive Money Laundering Act</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>&#x201C;Conduct&#x201D; or &#x201C;conducts&#x201D; includes initiating, concluding, participating in, or assisting in a <span class="dictionary">financial transaction</span>.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Financial transaction</span>&#x201D; means any purchase, sale, trade, loan, pledge, investment, gift, transfer, transmission, transportation, delivery, deposit, withdrawal, payment, transfer between accounts, exchange of currency, extension of credit, purchase or sale of <span class="dictionary">monetary instruments</span>, use of a safe-deposit box, or any other acquisition or <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of <span class="dictionary">monetary instruments</span> by any means including the movement of funds by wire or other electronic means, which is knowingly designed in whole or in part to conceal or disguise the nature, location, source, ownership or control of the <span class="dictionary">property</span> involved in the transaction.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Monetary instruments</span>&#x201D; means (i) coin or currency of the United States or of any other country, travelers&#x2019; checks, personal checks, bank checks, cashier&#x2019;s checks, credit cards, debit cards, and money <span class="dictionary">orders</span> or (ii) securities or other negotiable instruments, in bearer form or otherwise.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Person</span>&#x201D; includes any individual, partnership, association, corporation or joint venture.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Proceeds</span>&#x201D; means <span class="dictionary">property</span> acquired or derived, directly or indirectly, from, produced through, realized through, or caused by an act or omission and includes <span class="dictionary">property</span>, real or personal, of any kind.
		&#x201C;<span class="dictionary">Property</span>&#x201D; means anything of value, and includes any interest therein, including any benefit, <span class="dictionary">privilege</span>, claim or right with respect to anything of value, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible.</p></section></text><history>1999, c. 348; 2003, cc. 541, 549.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
