Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-73
§225 Continuing financial crimes enterprise
Title 18 › Part PART I— - CRIMES › Chapter CHAPTER 11— - BRIBERY, GRAFT, AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST › § 225
Summary
Makes it a crime for a person who runs, manages, or oversees a continuing financial crime operation to take in $5,000,000 or more in gross receipts from that operation during any 24‑month period. A "continuing financial crimes enterprise" means a series of violations of certain federal financial‑crime laws, or mail or wire fraud that affects a financial institution, carried out by at least four people working together.
Full Legal Text
Title 18, §225
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(a)Whoever—
(1)organizes, manages, or supervises a continuing financial crimes enterprise; and
(2)receives $5,000,000 or more in gross receipts from such enterprise during any 24-month period,
(b)For purposes of subsection (a), the term “continuing financial crimes enterprise” means a series of violations under section 215, 656, 657, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1014, 1032, or 1344 of this title, or section 1341 or 1343 affecting a financial institution, committed by at least 4 persons acting in concert.
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Citation
18 U.S.C. § 225
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73