(b) "Financial transaction information" means information being submitted to a financial institution in connection with a transaction with that financial institution.
(c) "Monetary instrument" includes any of the following:
1. Coin or currency of the United States or any other country.
2. Traveler's check, personal check, money order, or share draft or other draft for payment.
3. Investment security or negotiable instrument, in bearer form, book entry, or other form that provides that title to the security or instrument passes upon delivery or transfer of the security or instrument.
4. Precious metals, stones, or jewels.
(d) "Personal identification document" has the meaning given in s. 943.201 (1) (a).
(e) "Personal identifying information" has the meaning given in s. 943.201 (1) (b).
(f) "Transaction" means the acquisition or disposition of property by any means, including any of the following:
1. The purchase, sale, trade, transfer, transmission, exchange, loan, pledge, investment, delivery, deposit, or withdrawal of a monetary instrument.
2. The use of a safe deposit box.
3. The extension of credit.
(2) Whoever knowingly does any of the following in connection with the submission of financial transaction information is guilty of a Class H felony:
(a) Falsifies or conceals or attempts to falsify or conceal an individual's identity.
(b) Makes a false statement regarding an individual's identity.
(c) Makes or uses a writing containing false information regarding an individual's identity.
(d) Uses a false personal identification document or false personal identifying information.
946.82
(4) "Racketeering activity" means any activity specified in
18 USC 1961 (1) in effect as of April 27, 1982
, or the attempt, conspiracy to commit, or commission of any of the felonies specified in: chs. 945 and 961 and ss. 49.49, 134.05, 139.44 (1), 180.0129, 181.0129, 185.825, 201.09 (2), 215.12, 221.0625, 221.0636, 221.0637, 221.1004, 551.41, 551.42, 551.43, 551.44, 553.41 (3) and (4), 553.52 (2), 940.01, 940.19 (4) to (6), 940.20, 940.201, 940.203, 940.21, 940.30, 940.305, 940.31, 941.20 (2) and (3), 941.26, 941.28, 941.298, 941.31, 941.32, 942.09, 943.01 (2), (2d), or (2g), 943.011, 943.012, 943.013, 943.02, 943.03, 943.04, 943.05, 943.06, 943.10, 943.20 (3) (bf) to (e), 943.201,
943.203, 943.23 (1g), (2) and (3), 943.24 (2), 943.25, 943.27, 943.28, 943.30, 943.32, 943.34 (1) (bf), (bm), and (c), 943.38, 943.39, 943.40, 943.41 (8) (b) and (c), 943.50 (4) (bf), (bm), and (c), 943.60, 943.70, 943.76, 944.21 (5) (c) and (e), 944.32, 944.33 (2), 944.34, 945.03 (1m), 945.04 (1m), 945.05 (1), 945.08, 946.10, 946.11, 946.12, 946.13, 946.31, 946.32 (1), 946.48, 946.49, 946.61, 946.64, 946.65, 946.72, 946.76,
946.79, 947.015, 948.05, 948.08, 948.12, and 948.30.
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27. 970.03 (11) of the statutes is amended to read:
970.03 (11) The court may admit a statement which is hearsay and which is not excluded from the hearsay rule under ss. 908.02 to 908.045 to prove ownership of property or lack of consent to entry to or possession or destruction of property or to prove any element under s. 943.201 (2) or 943.203 (2).
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28. 970.03 (13) of the statutes is amended to read:
970.03 (13) Upon a showing by the proponent of good cause under s. 807.13 (2) (c), testimony Testimony may be received into the record of a preliminary examination by telephone or live audiovisual means if the proponent shows good cause or if the testimony is used to prove an element of an offense under s. 943.201 (2) or 943.203 (2).
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Section
29. 971.19 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
971.19 (11) In an action under s. 943.201, the defendant may be tried in the county where the victim or intended victim resided at the time of the offense or in any other county designated under this section. In an action under s. 943.203, the defendant may be tried in the county where the victim or intended victim was located at the time of the offense or in any other county designated under this section.
36,30
Section
30. 971.366 of the statutes is created to read:
971.366 Use of another's personal identifying information: charges. In any case under s. 943.201 or 943.203 involving more than one violation, all violations may be prosecuted as a single crime if the violations were pursuant to a single intent and design.
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Section
31. 971.367 of the statutes is created to read:
971.367 False statements to financial institutions: charges. In any case under s. 946.79 involving more than one violation, all violations may be prosecuted as a single crime if the violations were pursuant to a single intent and design.
