Assignment
Title: Analysis of jurisprudence on money laundering
Part I:
Answer the following questions:
i. What is the origin of the crime of money laundering?
ii. What main characteristics of the white collar theory apply to the crime of money laundering?
iii. What is the difference between money laundering and illegal appropriation?
iv. What are the characteristics of the most prominent white collar cases?
Part II:
Then you must select the case United States vs. Flores 454 F. 3d 149 which is among the resources of the module and carry out an analysis by answering the following guiding questions:
i. Explain the facts of the case United States v. Flowers 454 F. 3d. 149.
ii. What was the controversy of the case?
iii. What was the court's decision?
iv. Compare the crime of money laundering at the federal level with the crime of money laundering contained in Art. 221 of the Penal Code of Puerto Rico.
v. Explain what is the penalty established at the state level and the penalty established at the federal level.
vi. Explain which sentence you consider more severe.
vii. What characteristics of white collar cases can you distinguish in this case?