The following excerpt is from Myers v. Encore Credit, No. CIV S-11-1714 KJM KJN (E.D. Cal. 2012):
Under 18 U.S.C. 1962(c), it is unlawful "for any person employed by or associated with any enterprise . . . to conduct or participate, directly or indirectly, in the conduct of such enterprise's affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity or collection of unlawful debt." "Racketeering activity" is defined as any of a number of "generically specified criminal acts as well as the commission of one of a number of listed predicate offenses." Sosa v. DIRECTV, Inc., 437 F.3d 923, 939 (9th Cir. 2006). A "pattern of racketeering activity" requires at least two acts, and an unlawful debt is one stemming from illegal gambling. 18 U.S.C. 1961(1), (5) & (6).
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