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Really? Then this is sort of an ex post facto sort of crime? Folks who withdraw $9999 to pay cash for a used car aren't committing it, for example? So it's only money laundering if the money's to be used in the commission of a crime that one presumes the alleged perp would want to cover up?

NOTE TO RUSH: Pack your bags, sell your house and get the He@# out of FLorida before those same FLorida supreme court judges find your case in front of them! OH, and don't help New York either - move your station to a nice, conservative state that will not tax you to death! How about Arizona for a change of pace? (OK so we're not the most conservative either, but we're no California or New York)

Folks who withdraw $9999 to pay cash for a used car aren't committing it, for example? So it's only money laundering if the money's to be used in the commission of a crime that one presumes the alleged perp would want to cover up?

No, the used car buyer has not committed a crime.

The relevant concept here is "structuring", which is engaging in a significant pattern of structuring one's financial transactions so as to avoid triggering various financial reporting requirements by financial institutions.

Money structuring is basically where a guy takes out regularly...amounts of $9k or $7k...like every 3 days. Obviously the guy knows the $10k problem and gets around it by staying under the limit. Most of these law-breakers are stupid enough not to structure the amounts like $5k on Monday and $9k on Wed and $3k on Friday. Lets face it...why move this much money around in cash? If you intend to buy something these days...you pay in credit cards or with a check...no one hands $8k over for a pontoon boat in cash. If Rush was taking out $24k a week...and each time it was $8k...then I'd suspect something more suspicious.

In Europe, most plumbers and roofers get work on weekends...and take the money in cash. Every couple of months, they take a weekend off and run off to Luxembourg to deposit thousands of Euro into secret accounts and avoid taxes on the money. Its a common activity. The Germans have roadblocks set up around different roads leading into Luxembourg....and force people to open up their cars and their pocketbooks. Anyone with more than $10k in their pocket is automatically a suspect for a tax fraud deal.