After graduating from college, you work hard for 15 years, saving money to buy y

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After graduating from college, you work hard for 15 years, saving money to buy your
dream property. Finally, you spend all your savings to buy a 300-acre farm with a
splendid house and pool. Happy, an old college friend, stops by. She is saving her
money to make a down payment on a coffee shop in town. You let her have a nice
room in your big house for a few months, until she has the funds to make her down
payment. But odd acquaintances stop by almost daily for short visits, and you realize that Happy is saving money from marijuana sales. You are unhappy with this, but out of loyalty you permit it to go on for a month. Why is that a big mistake?

Explanation / Answer

Happy could be convicted, under state and/or federal law, of drug felonies. Under RICO, each sale is a racketeering act. If she then uses the money to invest in a business, she is guilty under RICO. She could be fined and jailed. What's worse, all of the property used in the sales could be forfeited–your property. See, for example, United States v. A Parcel of Land With A Building, 884 F.2d 41 (1st Cir. 1989).

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