Which statement best describes the financial threshold in 18 USC 1956?

• A. A threshold of $10,000 applies to all transactions.
• B. There is no minimum dollar threshold for the financial transactions.
• C. Transactions must be over $100,000.
• D. Only currency transactions are covered.

Answer: (B)

This provision tests whether there is a monetary threshold at which money laundering law kicks in. There isn’t a fixed dollar floor in 18 U.S.C. 1956. The statute makes it illegal to conduct a financial transaction if the funds involved are proceeds of unlawful activity and the actor knows that, with the intent to promote the crime or to hide it. So the amount doesn’t have to exceed any minimum; even a small sum can be actionable if it’s tied to illicit proceeds and done to advance or conceal the criminal activity. For contrast, another related statute does set a numeric threshold for certain transactions, but that threshold is not part of 1956.