Article 193. Legalization of Monetary Funds or Other Property Obtained Illegally

1. The commission of financial operations and other transactions with monetary funds or other property obtained illegally, a given guilty party being aware of that fact, as well as the use of indicated funds or other property for the exercise of entrepreneurial or other economic activity, -

shall be punished by a fine in an amount from five hundred up to seven hundred monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages or other income of a given convict for a period from five to seven months, or by detention under arrest for a period up to six months, or by imprisonment for a period up to three years with a fine in an amount up to one hundred monthly assessment indices, or in an amount of wages or other income of a given convict for a period up to two months, or without it.

2. The same acts committed:

a) by a group of persons upon a preliminary collusion;

b) repeatedly;

c) by a person with the use of his official position, -

shall be punished by imprisonment for a period from two to five years with forfeiture of property, or without it.

3. Acts specified in the first or in the second part of this Article committed as follows;

a) by a person authorised to perform state functions, or by a person equated to such person, where those functions are associated with the exercise of his office duties;

b) by an organised group;

c) by a criminal community (a criminal organisation) or in large amounts, -

shall be punished by deprivation of freedom for a period from three to seven years with deprivation of the right to hold certain positions or engage in certain types of activity for a period up to three years and in the cases specified by paragraph a), up to seven years with the confiscation of property or without such.

Note. 1. In this Article a large amount shall be understood to mean the commission of a transaction or the use of monetary funds or other property for an amount which exceeds ten thousand monthly assessment indices.

2. A person who voluntarily reported on legalization of funds or property acquired in an illegal manner, which is in preparation or has taken place, shall be released from criminal liability unless his acts contain a set of the criminal elements as provided for by the second and third part of this Article, or another crime.

Date: 2014-12-21; view: 1300