§ 75D-4. Prohibited activities.
§75D‑4. Prohibited activities.
(a) No person shall:
(1) Engage in a patternof racketeering activity or, through a pattern of racketeering activities orthrough proceeds derived therefrom, acquire or maintain, directly orindirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise, real property, orpersonal property of any nature, including money; or
(2) Conduct orparticipate in, directly or indirectly, any enterprise through a pattern ofracketeering activity whether indirectly, or employed by or associated withsuch enterprise; or
(3) Conspire withanother or attempt to violate any of the provisions of subdivision (1) or (2)of this subsection.
(b) Violation of thissection is inequitable and constitutes a civil offense only and is not a crime,therefore a mens rea or criminal intent is not an essential element of any ofthe civil offenses set forth in this section. (1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c.999, s. 1; 1989, c. 489, s. 1.)