# Money Laundering & the Circumstance-Specific Approach

### <span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Money Laundering &amp; the Circumstance-Specific Approach</span>

<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); white-space: pre-wrap;">The Board of Immigration Appeals has determined that for the purpose of assessing whether an offense constitutes a money laundering aggravated felony, the circumstance-specific approach applies to the requirement that the “amount of the funds exceeded $10,000.” </span>**See Matter of Cleto Marte DOMINGUEZ REYES,**<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255); white-space: pre-wrap;"> 28 I&amp;N Dec. 878 (BIA 2024).</span>

<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">The full text of </span>**Matter of Dominguez Reyes**<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> can be found here:</span>

[](https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-12/4083.pdf)[https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-12/4083.pdf](https://www.justice.gov/d9/2024-12/4083.pdf)

<span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Money Laundering is an aggravated felony when the statute has a requirement that the amount be in excess of $10,000.</span>