16 U.S.C. § 831t — Offenses; fines and punishment
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This section applies general Federal laws against theft, embezzlement, conversion, and improper handling of public money or property to the Corporation. It also sets penalties for false records and statements and for conspiracies to defraud it.
All general penal statutes relating to the larceny, embezzlement, conversion, or to the improper handling, retention, use, or disposal of public moneys or property of the United States, shall apply to the moneys and property of the Corporation and to moneys and properties of the United States intrusted to the Corporation.
Any person who, with intent to defraud the Corporation, or to deceive any director, officer, or employee of the Corporation or any officer or employee of the United States (1) makes any false entry in any book of the Corporation, or (2) makes any false report or statement for the Corporation, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Any person who shall receive any compensation, rebate, or reward, or shall enter into any conspiracy, collusion, or agreement, express or implied, with intent to defraud the Corporation or wrongfully and unlawfully to defeat its purposes, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Source credit: (May 18, 1933, ch. 32, § 21, 48 Stat. 68.)
- 1933Enacted · Act of May 18, 1933, ch. 32 · 48 Stat. 68
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