Section 5:12-129.1 - Report of suspicious transaction.

NJ Rev Stat § 5:12-129.1 (2019) (N/A)

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5:12-129.1 Report of suspicious transaction.

1. The holder of any license issued under P.L.1977, c.110 (C.5:12-1 et seq.), or any person acting on behalf thereof, shall file a report of any suspicious transaction with the Director of the Division of Gaming Enforcement. For the purposes of P.L.1999, c.352 (C.5:12-129.1 et al.), "suspicious transaction" means the acceptance of cash, the redeeming of chips or markers or other cash equivalents, or a payment to establish credits in an Internet gaming account involving or aggregating $5,000 if the licensee or person knows or suspects that the transaction:

a. involves funds derived from illegal activities or is intended or conducted in order to conceal or disguise funds or assets derived from illegal activities;

b. is part of a plan to violate or evade any law or regulation or to avoid any transaction reporting requirement under the law or regulations of this State or the United States, including a plan to structure a series of transactions to avoid any transaction reporting requirement under the laws or regulations of this State or the United States; or

c. has no business or other apparent lawful purpose or is not the sort of transaction in which a person would normally be expected to engage and the licensee or person knows of no reasonable explanation for the transaction after examining the available facts, including the background and possible purpose of the transaction.

L.1999, c.352, s.1; amended 2013, c.27, s.16.

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