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1033 Program
Jump to top of pageProvision of the 1997 National Defense Authorization Act that allows the federal government to transfer surplus military equipment to local law enforcement agencies.
It is Section 1033 of the bill.
Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
Banks closed Trump accounts for money laundering (2026-Aug-01)
Jump to top of pageLaws, regulations, and practices used by financial institutions to combat criminal financial activities such as money laundering.
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Black Market
Jump to top of pageEconomic activity that takes place outside of government sanctioned channels.
The activity might be illegal. It also might be legal - but performed out of government purview to avoid taxes, fees, or visibility.
Burner Phone
Jump to top of pageA mobile phone purchased to be used anonymously and then thrown away.
A common way to obtain one is to buy a cheap phone along with pre-paid minutes, paying cash for everything. While the phones and pre-paid time have many legitimate uses (and are not made to be disposable), they have become a common tool for people planning crimes because it can be extremely difficult for law enforcement to link them to the user.
Civil Asset Forfeiture
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Full Mueller report released. Here's what it says. (2019-Apr-18)
Jump to top of pageAn agreement by two or more people to commit a crime.
The crime does not have to actually be committed, or successful.
At least one of the co-conspirators must take some action in support of the conspiracy, although that action does not need to be illegal in itself.
Full Mueller report released. Here's what it says. (2019-Apr-18)
Dark Web
Jump to top of pageA decentralized collection of websites typically used for anonymous and illegal activities. Sites on the Dark Web are not visible to search engines.
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Jump to top of pageContributing to providing illegal drugs to the public.
For more, see LegalDictionary.net.
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Jump to top of pageAlso referred to as the War on Drugs, the term was first used by President Richard Nixon to describe using federal resources to eliminate illegal drugs in the country.
For more, visit the Drug Policy Alliance website.
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Jump to top of pageA defense to a criminal charge in which the defendant claims to have committed the crime only because they were coerced by a government official, and would not otherwise have committed the crime.
For more, read the Justia article.
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Jump to top of pageA 1984 program that allows property seized by state or local law enforcement agencies by Civil Asset Forfeiture to be turned over to the federal government.
The federal government then sells the property and returns part of the proceeds to the agency that confiscated the property.
Execution
Jump to top of pageUsually referred to as capital punishment or the death penalty, it is the taking of the life of a person convicted of certain crimes (referred to a capital offenses) under certain circumstances.
Click here for a list of states that allow executions, those which don't, and those that technically do but there is a current moratorium.
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Florida now allows ex-felons to vote (2018-Nov-07)
Tool helps convicted felons regain their vote (2018-Aug-26)
Jump to top of pageA serious crime (as opposed to less serious crimes such as misdemeanors and infractions).
Different jurisdictions define felonies differently. Federal laws that are punishable by more than a year in prison are classified as felonies. Each state has its own definition.
Florida now allows ex-felons to vote (2018-Nov-07)
Tool helps convicted felons regain their vote (2018-Aug-26)
Hacking
Jump to top of pageAn unauthorized attempt to exploit a computer system for an illicit purpose.
This can include cracking - or obtaining by illicit means - passwords.
Hate Crime
House passes anti-lynching bill (2020-Feb-28)
White House proposes eliminating civil rights agency (2018-Feb-12)
Jump to top of pageThe Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) defines a hate crime as a crime motivated by an offender's bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity.
For more, visit www.fbi.gov/investigate/civil-rights/hate-crimes.
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White House proposes eliminating civil rights agency (2018-Feb-12)
Human Trafficking
Jump to top of pageAn organized system of forced, fraudulent, or coerced subjugation of people, for the purpose of commercial sex or labor.
For more, visit the website for the Polaris Project
Hush Money
Jump to top of pageSlang term for money paid to someone in exchange for their silence about something that could compromise the payer.
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Issue: Mueller's Indictments
Jump to top of pageThe term identity theft has become the common term for when someone pretends to be you for criminal reasons.
Some of the fraudulent practices of identity thieves include...
o Obtaining a credit card in your name. When the thief doesn't pay the bill, your credit rating will be damaged.
o Filing a tax return using your Social Security Number, claiming a very large refund.
o Filing a tax return using your Social Security Number, claiming a very large refund.
If someone does file a tax return as you, the following is likely to happen..
o The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will pay the refund to the thief without question, because it doesn't reconcile tax returns with income documents until later in the year.
o When you file your return, the IRS will refuse to give you your refund - because they believe they already did.
o When the IRS does reconcile the fraudulent tax return with your income documents, they will demand that you reimburse them what they paid to the identity thief.
o When you file your return, the IRS will refuse to give you your refund - because they believe they already did.
o When the IRS does reconcile the fraudulent tax return with your income documents, they will demand that you reimburse them what they paid to the identity thief.
To learn more about the IRS's limited resources in fighting identity theft, read our discussion on IRS funding.
To learn more about identity theft, including what you should do if you think you're a victim, visit www.IdentityTheft.gov.
Issue: Mueller's Indictments
Insider Trading
NY: Rep. Chris Collins indicted for insider trading (2018-Aug-08)
Jump to top of pageBuying or selling investments based on material non-public information (MNPI).
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Kickback
Trump pardons man his administration charged (2025-Dec-02)
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Know Your Customer (KYC)
Jump to top of pageA standard technigue for combatting financial crimes such as money laundering.
It requires fnancial institutions to require customers to verify the identity of their customers.
Lynch
House passes anti-lynching bill (2020-Feb-28)
Jump to top of pageTo kill someone by mob action without legal authority for an alleged offense.
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Money Laundering
Banks closed Trump accounts for money laundering (2026-Aug-01)
Trump pardons Rep. Henry Cuellar (2025-Dec-02)
Trump pardons man who enabled money laundering (2025-Oct-21)
Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar indicted for bribery (2024-Apr-30)
House to investigate possible Trump money laundering (2019-Feb-07)
Issue: Mueller's Indictments
Jump to top of pageTaking money obtained from criminal activity (dirty money) and "laundering" it to make it appear as though it were legally obtained (clean money).
Criminals use a variety of methods, including real estate purchases, cash smuggling to offshore banks, and deposits in businesses that deal in large amounts of cash. They often use shell companies and complicated layers of financial transactions to disguise the true source of the money.
Methods of money laundering have interesting names. They include...
Mirror Trades
The scheme requires the cooperation of the bank involved. Here's how it works...
o A Russian client buys a few million dollars worth of a stable stock from a branch of a bank in Russia - paying in (dirty) rubles.
o Almost immediately after, a non-Russian client sells the same amount of the stock in a branch outside of Russia - receiving payment in (clean) dollars.
o Almost immediately after, a non-Russian client sells the same amount of the stock in a branch outside of Russia - receiving payment in (clean) dollars.
In reality, the two clients are the same.
Global Laundromat
This scheme involves two shell companies and another cooperating company.
One shell company lends (dirty) money to the other. The loan is guaranteed by the third company. When the borrowing company defaults on the loan, the lending company sues. A court then orders the insuring company to pay the lending company the (clean) amount that was guaranteed.
Banks closed Trump accounts for money laundering (2026-Aug-01)
Trump pardons Rep. Henry Cuellar (2025-Dec-02)
Trump pardons man who enabled money laundering (2025-Oct-21)
Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar indicted for bribery (2024-Apr-30)
House to investigate possible Trump money laundering (2019-Feb-07)
Issue: Mueller's Indictments
Obstruction of Justice
Jump to top of pageA crime involving interfering with the actions of legal officials.
Among actions that could be considered obstruction of justice include bribing or intimidating a witness or judge, or destroying evidence.
For more, read the description at TheFreeDictionary.com.
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Atty General nominee hard-line, but says Mueller can continue (2019-Jan-14)
Jump to top of pageThe conditional release of a prisoner before the have completed their designated sentence.
To be granted parole, the prisoner must have demonstrated they are not a likely threat to commit additional crimes. Once paroled, the prisoner must follow certain conditions specified in their parole agreement.
Parole benefits the prisoner by allowing a smoother transition back into society. It benefits society by reducing prison costs and receiving benefits from a productive member of society.
For more, read the NOLO article.
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Phishing
Issue: Trump Campaign Russian Timeline
Jump to top of pageEmail - usually from a source that appears to be trustworthy - sent to be malicious in some way.
For example, the link in the email might be pretending to be for your bank. Clicking it and entering your password will give your password to the hackers. Or clicking might install malicious software on your computer.
Spear phishing - is a type of phishing directed toward a specific person or organization.
Issue: Trump Campaign Russian Timeline
Ponzi Scheme
Trump frees man convicted of $1.6 billion fraud scheme (2025-Nov-29)
Jump to top of pageA financial fraud scheme in which investors' return is not based on the stated purpose of the investment, but rather on others investing later.
As long as more people keep investing, previous investors will get paid (from that new money). But once new investors cannot be found, the most recent ones will not receive anything.
The perpetrator of the scheme simply skims money from each investment in order to profit from it.
For more, read the Investopedia description.
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Prison Sentence
Jump to top of pageThe amount of time a person convicted of a crime must serve in prison.
If a person is convicted of multiple crimes, the sentences can run concurrently (at the same time) or consecutively (one sentence begins after the other ends).
Racketeering
Jump to top of pageEssentially, dishonest and fraudulent business dealings.
In law it is a classification of 35 federal and state crimes (referred to as predicate crimes) that must be committed under certain circumstances....
o Crimes must be connected to an enterprise - multiple people related in some way (such as a crime organization, gang, political party, or corporation).
o There must have been multiple crimes committed by the enterprise within a 10-year period.
o There must have been multiple crimes committed by the enterprise within a 10-year period.
Predicate crimes include...
o Arson
o Assault
o Blackmail and extortion
o Bribery
o Counterfeiting
o Drug offenses, gambling, and prostitution
o Fraud (including mail and wire)
o Kidnapping
o Money laundering
o Murder
o Assault
o Blackmail and extortion
o Bribery
o Counterfeiting
o Drug offenses, gambling, and prostitution
o Fraud (including mail and wire)
o Kidnapping
o Money laundering
o Murder
For more, read this Justia description.
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Trump pardons man who enabled money laundering (2025-Oct-21)
Jump to top of page(Coming)
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RICO: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
Jump to top of pagePart of the 1970 Organized Crime Control Act, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act, was enacted to help the government prosecute racketeering crimes.
The RICO act also allows for lawsuits to be based on racketeering.
Click here for more information on the bill.
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Trump pardons Rep. Henry Cuellar (2025-Dec-02)
Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar indicted for bribery (2024-Apr-30)
Jump to top of pageA company that has no real underlying business, but rather serves only as a vehicle for financial transactions.
While not necessarily illegal, shell companies often are created to cover up illegal activity - such as for disguising who the participants are of financial transactions.
Trump pardons Rep. Henry Cuellar (2025-Dec-02)
Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar indicted for bribery (2024-Apr-30)
Shrimpscam
Jump to top of pageLate 1980s sting operation to uncover bribe-taking by members of California's state legislature.
FBI agents posed as representatives of a shrimp-processing company seeking a loan guaranteed by the state in order to build a plant near Sacramento. They offered bribes.
Twelve officials were convicted. Four were state legislators:
o Sen. Joseph B. Montoya (D)
o Sen. Alan Robbins (D)
o Assemblyman Pat Nolan (R - Assembly minority leader)
o Assemblyman Frank C. Hill (R)
o Sen. Alan Robbins (D)
o Assemblyman Pat Nolan (R - Assembly minority leader)
o Assemblyman Frank C. Hill (R)
For more, read the Marshall Project story.
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Trump pardons Silk Road founder (2025-Jan-21)
Jump to top of pageAn online Black Market on the Dark Web. It operated from 2011 - 2013.
It was marketplace for illicit activities such as the sale of illegal drugs, money laundering, murder for hire, and the sale of computer hacking tools such as password stealers.
It was founded by Ross Ulbricht. Ulbricht was convicted in 2015 of several charges for Silk Road-related crimes.
He was pardoned by Donald Trump in January 2025.
The Silk Road was named after the ancient 4,000-mile trade route between China and Rome.
For more, read the Invstopedia article.
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Statute of Limitations
NYT: Trump fortune built on fraud, cost gov't half billion (2018-Oct-15)
Jump to top of pageA limit to how long after you commit a crime that you can be held responsible for it.
For example, if you understate your income on your tax return by more than 25 percent, the current law has a 6-year statute of limitations - meaning that after six years the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) can no longer reassess your tax liability.
NYT: Trump fortune built on fraud, cost gov't half billion (2018-Oct-15)
Sting Operation
Jump to top of pageA law-enforcement operation in which officers create opportunities for someone to take criminal actions they can be prosecuted for.
Stings are undertaken against people believed to be involved in criminal behavior.
They differ from entrapment, in that they merely create the opportunity to commit a crime. They don't coerce the target to do so.
Straw Purchase
Trump inaugural committee investigated for corruption (2018-Dec-13)
Jump to top of pageA purchase where someone buys something for someone else who is unable to buy it themselves.
For example, someone legally purchasing a gun ostensibly for them, but in reality for someone who cannot legally own one.
Trump inaugural committee investigated for corruption (2018-Dec-13)
Terrorism
Jump to top of pageA term generally used to describe illegal acts that are politically-motivated and that cause harm of some sort.
Often the harm is to people who are not specifically targeted by the perpetrator. But it can be against property.
It is not necessarily violent, for example in the case of an internet attack on a computer system (cyber terrorism) or a financial system.
For more on the difficulty of defining what exactly constitutes terrorism, read this ABC News story.
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