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And § 1961(5) defines a “pattern of racketeering activity” as “at least two acts of [even the same] racketeering activity…”

This would seem to be a case of "at least two acts" of "dealing in obscene material" or perhaps one of the other federal crimes from 18 USC § 201. Probably is worth investigating either by the local US attorneys of the various ACORN branches or by Holder as other commenters have mentioned. Crazy.

I wrote about the elements of a RICO prosecution on my legal blog here: http://schlissellaw.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/307/ - Here are the basic elements:

The RICO law, 18 USC §1962(c), prohibits “any person employed by or associated with any enterprise engaged in… activities… which affect[] interstate… commerce, to conduct… such enterprise’s affairs through a pattern of racketeering activity…”

§ 1961(1) defines a “racketeering activity” as

(A) any act or threat involving murder, kidnapping, gambling, arson, robbery, bribery, extortion, dealing in obscene matter, or dealing in a controlled substance… which is chargable under State law and punishable by imprisonment for more than one year [or] (B) any act which is indictable under any of the following provisions of title 18, United States Code: Section 201…