Using Lawyers to Launder Money
When criminals use shell companies, offshore bank accounts, and real estate as money laundering vehicles, lawyers, whether knowingly or unknowingly, assist these transactions. Professor William Simon explains how an unwitting lawyer could be complicit in the money laundering enterprise, the basics of money laundering laws and the risk factors, and suggests best practices for lawyers.
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TX: Ethics : 0.5
When criminals use shell companies, offshore bank accounts, and real estate as money laundering vehicles, lawyers, whether knowingly or unknowingly, assist these transactions. Professor William Simon explains how an unwitting lawyer could be complicit in the money laundering enterprise, the basics of money laundering laws and the risk factors, and suggests best practices for lawyers.
- APPROVED FOR:
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AZ: Professional Responsibility : 0.5
CA: Legal Ethics : 0.5
CT: Ethics and Professionalism : 0.5
IL: All other Professional Responsibility areas : 0.5
NY: Ethics and Professionalism : 0.5
TX: Ethics : 0.5
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