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Way to go----RICO kicks in when "patterns" of behavior emerge. There are state and federal RICO laws. It originally was intended to nail organized crime when legit busineses were used for criminal purposes.

REFERENCE In the United States, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act is a federal law that was enacted to give extended penalties in the prosecution of organized criminal acts. The RICO Act is codified as Chapter 96 of Title 18 of the U.S. Code, which deals with federal crimes and criminal procedure. Although it was intended to be used against the Mafia and others engaged in organized crime, the RICO Act has been used to prosecute all sorts of criminal activity.

The RICO Act was created as part of the Organized Crime Control Act of 1970. As a product of two sets of Congressional hearings that took place in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the act's main focus was on measures that would be prohibitive to gambling organizations. Sponsored by Senator John Little McClellan and drafted by G. Robert Blakey, the Rico Act was signed into law by President Richard Nixon on 15 October 1970.

Under the RICO Act, a person can be charged with racketeering — if he or she has committed two of the 27 federal and eight state crimes under U.S. legislation within a 10-year period.

The law gives the government the power to criminally prosecute and imprison even if he or she has never personally committed any of the components of racketeering. This is because he or she is part of a criminal enterprise.