Proceeds refer to income a person receives from which of the following related to the crime?

• A. A movie
• B. A book
• C. A magazine article
• D. All of these

Answer: (D)

Proceeds are income that directly comes from the offense or from assets linked to the offense. This includes money earned by exploiting the crime in any form. If a crime leads to a movie, profits from that film are proceeds; if rights to tell the story are sold as a book or a magazine article, the royalties or earnings from those works are also proceeds. Because income can be generated from multiple media tied to the crime, all of these forms—movie earnings, book royalties, and magazine article earnings—fit the idea of proceeds.