# Money Laundering Control Act of 1986; Violation — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies

For Money Laundering Control Act of 1986; Violation, agency is DOJ; statutory authority is 18 U.S.C. 1956(b); maximum penalty is 28,619, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10.

- **Agency:** DOJ _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_
- **Violation:** Money Laundering Control Act of 1986; Violation _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Statutory authority:** 18 U.S.C. 1956(b) _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Maximum penalty:** 28,619 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> <https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/18/1956> 18 U.S.C. 1956(b) | Money Laundering Control Act of 1986; Violation 8 | | 27,894 | 28,619

## Source

- https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-28/chapter-I/part-85/section-85.5

Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26.
Part of [Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies](https://referencesource.org/federal-civil-penalty-maximums/).