(2) (Amended, SG No. 62/1997) Where by the activity under paragraph (1) considerable damages have been caused to another, or considerable unlawful income has been obtained, the punishment shall be imprisonment for five to ten years and a fine of five thousand to BGN ten thousand, whereas the court may also rule confiscation of part or of the entire property of the perpetrator. (3) The punishment under paragraph (2) shall also be imposed on a person who, in pursuing banking activity with licence uses funds acquired in violation of the established regulations. Chapter Seven (Repealed, SG No. 10/1993, new, SG No. 62/1997) CRIMES AGAINST THE FINANCIAL, TAX AND INSURANCE SYSTEMS (Title amended, SG No. 62/1997, SG No. 51/2000) Article 253 (Amended, SG No. 28/1982, repealed, SG No. 10/1993, new, SG No. 62/1997) (1) (Amended, SG No. 85/1998, SG No. 26/2004, supplemented, SG No. 75/2006) The one who concludes a financial operation or property transaction or conceals the origin, location, movement or the actual rights in the property, which is known or assumed to be acquired through crime or another act that is dangerous for the public, shall be punished for money laundering by imprisonment from one to six years and a fine from BGN three thousand to five thousand. (2) (New, SG No. 26/2004, supplemented, SG No. 75/2006) The punishment under paragraph 1 shall also be imposed on the one who acquires, receives, holds, uses, transforms or assists, in any way whatsoever, the transformation of property, which is known or assumed, as of its receipt, to have been acquired through crime or another act that is dangerous for the public. (3) (Renumbered from Paragraph 2, supplemented, SG No. 26/2004) The punishment shall be imprisonment for one to eight years and a fine from BGN five thousand to twenty thousand, if the act under paras 1 and 2 has been committed: 1. (amended, SG No. 26/2004) by two or more individuals, who have reached preliminary agreement, or by an individual who acts on the orders of or executes a decision of an organised criminal group; 2. two or more times; 3. by an official within the sphere of his office; 4. (new, SG No. 26/2004) through opening or maintaining an account with a financial institution, under a false name or the name of an individual who has given consent to this effect. (4) (New, SG No. 21/2000, renumbered from Paragraph 3, supplemented, SG No. 26/2004, amended, SG No. 75/2006) The punishment shall be deprivation of liberty from three to twelve years and a fine from BGN 20,000 to BGN 200,000 where the act under Paragraphs (1) and (2) has been committed by the use of funds or property which the perpetrator knew or supposed to have been acquired through a serious crime of intent. (5) (New, SG No. 85/1998, renumbered from Paragraph 3, SG No. 21/2000, renumbered from Paragraph 4, amended, SG No. 26/2004, SG No. 75/2006) Where the funds or property are in extremely large amounts and the case is extremely grave, the punishment shall be