What is a rico violation?
The U.S. Congress passed the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) Act in 1970. The law established a set of crimes, defined as racketeering violations, and gave victims of racketeering crimes a means for seeking compensation.RacketeeringRacketeering accusations differ between individual states and the federal government. The most common aspect of a racketeering violation involves committing a pattern of offenses that constitute criminal activity.Racketeering CrimesFederal racketeering crimes include bribery, child sexual exploitation, fraud, obstruction of justice, money laundering and child sexual exploitation. State racketeering crimes can include gambling, murder, kidnapping, extortion, arson, bribery and robbery.RICO ViolationThe law requires that a RICO violation accusation include at least two racketeering acts. One act must have occurred after the passage of the RICO law, and the other within ten years of the accusation.Civil RICO LawsuitsIn order for a plaintif
