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18 U.S.C. § 371 — Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 98 words · no verdicts yet

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It's a crime for two or more people to conspire to break federal law. It's also a crime to conspire to defraud the United States or its agencies. Punishment is a fine or up to five years in prison, unless the planned crime is only a misdemeanor.

If two or more people conspire either to commit a federal crime, or to defraud the United States or any of its agencies in any way, that is itself a crime — but only once at least one of them takes some action to carry out the plan. Anyone convicted faces a fine under this title, up to five years in prison, or both. However, if the crime the conspirators planned to commit is only a misdemeanor, the punishment for the conspiracy cannot be worse than the maximum punishment for that misdemeanor.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

If, however, the offense, the commission of which is the object of the conspiracy, is a misdemeanor only, the punishment for such conspiracy shall not exceed the maximum punishment provided for such misdemeanor.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 701; 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. 701
  • 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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