Whoever, knowingly and with intent to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof, possesses any false, altered, forged, or counterfeited writing or document for the purpose of enabling another to obtain from the United States, or from any agency, officer or agent thereof, any sum of money, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
June 25, 1948, ch. 64562 Stat. 749Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L)108 Stat. 2147(, ; , , .)
Historical and Revision Notes
Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 3035 Stat. 1094Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 74 (, ).
section 6 of this titleWords “or any agency thereof” after “United States” and word “agency” after “any” and before “officer,” were inserted to eliminate any possible ambiguity as to scope of section. (See definition of “agency” in .)
section 1001 of this titleThe maximum fine of “$10,000” was substituted for “$500” in order to conform punishment provisions to those of comparable sections. (See .)
Minor verbal change was made.
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 103–3221994— substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $10,000”.