18 U.S.C. § 286 — Conspiracy to defraud the Government with respect to claims

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This law makes it a crime to team up to defraud the U.S. government. It applies when people conspire to get payment on a false or fake claim. Violators can be fined, imprisoned up to ten years, or both.

This section makes conspiracy to defraud the government a federal crime. It applies to anyone who joins an agreement, combination, or conspiracy to defraud the United States or any of its departments or agencies. The scheme must involve obtaining, or helping someone else obtain, payment or approval of a claim that is false, fictitious, or fraudulent. Anyone who does this can be fined under this title, imprisoned for up to ten years, or both.

the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever enters into any agreement, combination, or conspiracy to defraud the United States, or any department or agency thereof, by obtaining or aiding to obtain the payment or allowance of any false, fictitious or fraudulent claim, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 698; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 698
1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.

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