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LOAN FUNDED BY THE PROCEEDS OF ILLEGAL GAMBLING IS ENFORCEABLE (CT APP).

The Court of Appeals determined that the loan agreement between plaintiff and defendant was enforceable despite the fact that the loan was funded by illegal gambling:

Neither the terms of the agreement nor plaintiff’s performance — i.e., loaning money to a friend — was intrinsically corrupt or illegal. Although the loan was funded by the parties’ illegal gambling operation (for which both were criminally prosecuted), the record does not support a characterization of their conduct as “malum in se, or evil in itself” … and the source of funds used for a loan is not typically a factor in determining its validity. Defendant argues the agreement should be deemed unenforceable because the courts should not assist a party in profiting from ill-gotten gains. But, here, where both parties were involved in the underlying illegality, neither enforcement nor invalidation of the contract would avoid that result. Indeed, if the loan is not enforced, defendant receives a windfall despite his participation in the criminal acquisition of the funds. We have been reluctant to reward “a defaulting party [who] seeks to raise illegality as a sword for personal gain rather than a shield for the public good'” … . Although we do not condone plaintiff’s illegal bookmaking business, for which he was prosecuted and fined, the circumstances presented here do not warrant a departure from this tenet. Centi v McGillin, 2019 NY Slip Op 09058, CtApp 12-19-19

 

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