Sentences with phrase «racketeering enterprise»

Lawyers for the plaintiffs in the State Farm case are pursuing a separate case in federal court alleging that State Farm's involvement in his campaign amounted to a «racketeering enterprise» that conspired to funnel more than $ 4 million to elect Karmeier in 2004.

In 2006, Judge Gladys Kessler of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia decided that the tobacco companies» fraudulent campaign amounted to a racketeering enterprise.

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A complaint filed in the Southern District of California on Thursday charges Vincent Ramos, the founder and CEO of Canada - based Phantom, with racketeering conspiracy to conduct enterprise affairs, as well as conspiracy to distribute narcotics, and aiding and abetting.

The RICO statute makes it unlawful for any person associated with an enterprise to participate in the conduct of such enterprise's affairs, or to conspire to do so, through a pattern of racketeering.

As Ayres noted, the RICO statute requires that a claimant establish the existence of a «criminal enterprise,» and at least two acts of racketeering (with at least one having occurred within the past four years).

Ayers is recorded in the summary as saying, «the RICO statute requires that a claimant establish the existence of a «criminal enterprise,» and at least two acts of racketeering (with at least one having occurred within the past four years).»