As used in the Money Laundering Act: A. "financial institution" means:
(1)a bank, credit union, trust company or thrift institution or an agency or branch thereof;
(2)a broker or dealer in securities or commodities;
(4)an investment company;
(5)an issuer, redeemer or cashier of traveler's checks, checks, money orders or similar instruments;
(6)an operator of a credit card system;
(8)a dealer in precious metals, stones or jewels;
(10)a loan or finance company;
(12)a licensed sender of money;
(14)a business engaged in vehicle sales, including automobile, airplane and boat sales;
(16)a person involved in real estate closings and settlements;
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As used in the Money Laundering Act: A. "financial institution" means: (1) a bank, credit union, trust company or thrift institution or an agency or branch thereof; (2) a broker or dealer in securities or commodities; (3) an investment banker; (4) an investment company; (5) an issuer, redeemer or cashier of traveler's checks, checks, money orders or similar instruments; (6) an operator of a credit card system; (7) an insurance company; (8) a dealer in precious metals, stones or jewels; (9) a pawnbroker; (10) a loan or finance company; (11) a travel agency; (12) a licensed sender of money; (13) a telegraph company; (14) a business engaged in vehicle sales, including automobile, airplane and boat sales; (15) a currency exchange; (16) a person involved in real estate closings and settlements; or (17) an agency or authority of a state or local government carrying out a duty or power of a business described in this subsection; B. "financial transaction" means a purchase, sale, loan, pledge, gift, transfer, delivery or other disposition of any monetary instrument or the movement of funds by wire or other means; C. "monetary instrument" means coin or currency of the United States or any other country, traveler's checks, personal checks, bank checks, money orders, investment securities in bearer form or in such other form that title passes upon delivery of the security and negotiable instruments in bearer form or in such other form that title passes upon delivery of the instrument; D. "person" means an individual, corporation, partnership, trust or estate, joint stock company, association, syndicate, joint venture, unincorporated organization or group or other entity; E. "proceeds" means property that is acquired, delivered, produced or realized, whether directly or indirectly, by an act or omission; F. "property" means anything of value, including real, personal, tangible or intangible property; and G. "specified unlawful activity" means an act or omission, including any initiatory, preparatory or completed offense or omission, committed for financial gain that is punishable as a felony under the laws of New Mexico or, if the act occurred outside New Mexico, would be punishable as a felony under the laws of the state in which it occurred and under the laws of New Mexico.