                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 18.2-246.2)

&#8220;Conduct&#8221; or &#8220;conducts&#8221; includes initiating, concluding,
participating in, or assisting in a financial transaction.
		&#8220;Financial transaction&#8221; 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 monetary instruments, use of a
safe-deposit box, or any other acquisition or disposition of monetary
instruments 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 property
involved in the transaction.
		&#8220;Monetary instruments&#8221; means (i) coin or currency of the United
States or of any other country, travelers&#8217; checks, personal checks, bank
checks, cashier&#8217;s checks, credit cards, debit cards, and money orders or
(ii) securities or other negotiable instruments, in bearer form or otherwise.
		&#8220;Person&#8221; includes any individual, partnership, association,
corporation or joint venture.
		&#8220;Proceeds&#8221; means property acquired or derived, directly or
indirectly, from, produced through, realized through, or caused by an act or
omission and includes property, real or personal, of any kind.
		&#8220;Property&#8221; means anything of value, and includes any interest
therein, including any benefit, privilege, claim or right with respect to
anything of value, whether real or personal, tangible or intangible.

HISTORY: 1999, c. 348; 2003, cc. 541, 549.