Original sentence: Securities Investor Protection Corporation and held that to establish standing under the civil RICO provision that creates a civil cause of action for any person or entity injured in their business or property by reason of a RICO violation, a plaintiff must demonstrate that he or she was the direct victim of the defendant's RICO violation (e.This is so even where a third party (in this case the State of New York), rather than the plaintiff, was the one who received and relied upon the fraudulent
Edited sentence: Securities Investor Protection Corporation and held that to establish standing under the civil Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) provision that creates a civil cause of action for any person or entity injured in their business or property by reason of a RICO violation, a plaintiff must demonstrate that he or she was the direct victim of the defendant's RICO violation (e.This is so even where a third party (in this case the State of New York), rather than the plaintiff, was the one who received and relied upon the fraudulent communications