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Money Laundering, Structured Transactions and Currency Violations

Raleigh attorney who understands complex currency transaction laws

Many people — including legitimate business owners and criminal defendants — believe they know how to deal in large amounts of cash. They think they know federal currency law and how to work around it. Unfortunately, they usually are wrong on both counts.

Attorney Thomas C. Manning helps keep clients from running afoul of financial reporting requirements and can help to minimize the damage when they do. Many organizations monitor and regulate how money is transferred, deposited and placed into legitimate commerce, including: 

When a government agency discovers a violation of the currency laws, or evidence of structuring cash transactions, the agency has tremendous power to seize cash involved in money laundering, structured transactions and other currency violations. They also have the power to prosecute.

Manning Law Firm assists a range of clients suspected of major financial crimes

  • If you run a business and want to ensure you comply with confusing currency requirements, Attorney Manning can help. It is not hard to learn the correct way to handle and report large cash transactions, and to make sure that you or your business does not inadvertently run afoul of the law and be subjected to the tremendous penalties and possible prosecution for violation of these laws.
  • If you are a legitimate business under investigation for or facing charges and forfeiture because of failing to report some transactions or because of structuring deposits or other actions which violate the reporting laws, Attorney Manning can help. Depending on the situation, a strategy can be devised and implemented for damage control, investigation or preparation for and defense at trial.
  • If you are charged with money laundering — moving illegally acquired money through the financial system in an effort to make it appear legal, then Manning Law Firm can become quickly involved and investigate the matter, and make specific recommendations regarding tactics and strategy, to gain control of the situation and work to resolve it by negotiation, offers of cooperation or trial, depending upon the situation and the dynamics of the matter.

If you are charged with or under investigation for money laundering in North Carolina, contact Manning Law Firm in Raleigh at (919) 834-3499 or online. We represent defendants in federal courts across North Carolina and in state courts in the Research Triangle East, including Raleigh-Durham, Chapel Hill and communities stretching to the Atlantic coast.