18 USC § 225 - Continuing financial crimes enterprise

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title: "18 USC § 225 - Continuing financial crimes enterprise"
title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
section_number: "225"
section_name: "Continuing financial crimes enterprise"
chapter_number: 11
chapter_name: "BRIBERY, GRAFT, AND CONFLICTS OF INTEREST"
part_number: "I"
part_name: "CRIMES"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
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source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2510(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4863.)"
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# § 225. Continuing financial crimes enterprise

**(a)** Whoever—

shall be fined not more than $10,000,000 if an individual, or $20,000,000 if an organization, and imprisoned for a term of not less than 10 years and which may be life.

**(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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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2510(a), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4863.)