Sec. 53a-282. Money laundering. Presumptions.
Sec. 53a-282. Money laundering. Presumptions. (a) A person who pays or receives substantially less than face value for one or more monetary instruments that are
in fact derived from criminal activity is presumed to know that the monetary instrument
or instruments are derived from criminal activity.
(b) A person who engages in a transaction involving one or more monetary instruments that are in fact derived from criminal activity, knowing or believing that such
instrument or instruments, or the instrument or instruments or equivalent property exchanged for such criminally derived instruments, bear fictitious names, is presumed to
know that the monetary instrument or instruments derived from criminal activity are in
fact so derived.
(c) A person who fails to record or report a transaction involving one or more monetary instruments that are in fact derived from criminal activity, in circumstances under
which such recording or reporting is either required by law or is in the ordinary course
of business, is presumed to know that the monetary instrument or instruments are derived
from criminal activity.
(d) A person who engages in a transaction involving one or more monetary instruments that are in fact derived from criminal activity, knowing that the physical condition
or form of the monetary instrument or instruments makes it apparent that they are not
the product of bona fide business or financial transactions, is presumed to know that
they are derived from criminal activity.
(P.A. 87-373, S. 12.)