(a) No person shall for the purpose of evading the recording or reporting requirements of Sections 4 and 5 of this Act:
        (1) Cause or attempt to cause a financial institution
    
to fail to file a report or make a record required under this Act; or
        (2) Cause or attempt to cause a financial institution
    
to fail to file a report or make a record required under this Act that contains a material omission or misstatement of fact; or
        (3) Structure, assist in structuring, or attempt to
    
structure or assist in structuring any transaction with one or more financial institutions.
    (b) A person structures a transaction if he is:

Attorney's Note

Under the Illinois Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class 2 felonybetween 3 and 7 yearsup to $25,000
For details, see § Ill. Comp. Stat. 730 ILCS 5/5-4.5-35

        (1) acting alone, or in conjunction with or on behalf
    
of other persons;
        (2) conducts, attempts to conduct, or assists in
    
conducting;
        (3) one or more transactions in currency, cashier’s
    
checks, money orders or traveler’s checks;
        (4) in any amount;
        (5) at one or more financial institutions;
        (6) on one or more days;
        (7) in any manner;
        (8) for the purpose of evading the reporting
    
requirements of this Act.
    (c) Structuring a transaction is a Class 2 felony.
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