§ 1962. — Prohibited activities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1962]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 96--RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS
Sec. 1962. Prohibited activities
(a) It shall be unlawful for any person who has received any income
derived, directly or indirectly, from a pattern of racketeering activity
or through collection of an unlawful debt in which such person has
participated as a principal within the meaning of section 2, title 18,
United States Code, to use or invest, directly or indirectly, any part
of such income, or the proceeds of such income, in acquisition of any
interest in, or the establishment or operation of, any enterprise which
is engaged in, or the activities of which affect, interstate or foreign
commerce. A purchase of securities on the open market for purposes of
investment, and without the intention of controlling or participating in
the control of the issuer, or of assisting another to do so, shall not
be unlawful under this subsection if the securities of the issuer held
by the purchaser, the members of his immediate family, and his or their
accomplices in any pattern or racketeering activity or the collection of
an unlawful debt after such purchase do not amount in the aggregate to
one percent of the outstanding securities of any one class, and do not
confer, either in law or in fact, the power to elect one or more
directors of the issuer.
(b) It shall be unlawful for any person through a pattern of
racketeering activity or through collection of an unlawful debt to
acquire or maintain, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control
of any enterprise which is engaged in, or the activities of which
affect, interstate or foreign commerce.
(c) It shall be unlawful for any person employed by or associated
with any enterprise engaged in, or the activities of which affect,
interstate or foreign commerce, to conduct or participate, directly or
indirectly, in the conduct of such enterprise's affairs through a
pattern of racketeering activity or collection of unlawful debt.
(d) It shall be unlawful for any person to conspire to violate any
of the provisions of subsection (a), (b), or (c) of this section.
(Added Pub. L. 91-452, title IX, Sec. 901(a), Oct. 15, 1970, 84 Stat.
942; amended Pub. L. 100-690, title VII, Sec. 7033, Nov. 18, 1988, 102
Stat. 4398.)
Amendments
1988--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 100-690 substituted ``subsection'' for
``subsections''.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1963, 1964, 3554 of this
title; title 7 section 12a; title 8 section 1101.
