18.2-514 - Racketeering offenses. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-514. Racketeering offenses.

A. It shall be unlawful for an enterprise, or for any person who occupies aposition of organizer, supervisor, or manager of an enterprise, to receiveany proceeds known to have been derived directly from racketeering activityand to use or invest an aggregate of $10,000 or more of such proceeds in theacquisition of any title to, or any right, interest, or equity in, realproperty, or in the establishment or operation of any enterprise.

B. It shall be unlawful for any enterprise, or for any person who occupies aposition of organizer, supervisor, or manager of an enterprise, to directlyacquire or maintain any interest in or control of any enterprise or realproperty through racketeering activity.

C. It shall be unlawful for any person employed by, or associated with, anyenterprise to conduct or participate, directly or indirectly, in suchenterprise through racketeering activity.

D. It shall be unlawful for any person to conspire to violate any of theprovisions of subsection A, B, or C.

E. Each violation of this section is a separate and distinct felonypunishable in accordance with § 18.2-515.

(2004, cc. 883, 996; 2009, c. 847.)