18 U.S.C. § 1351 — Fraud in foreign labor contracting
submitted 18 years ago by Pub. L. 110-457 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 202 words · no verdicts yet
This section criminalizes recruiting people outside the United States for work in the United States, or for certain United States Government work outside the country, when the recruiter intends to defraud and uses materially false or fraudulent claims about the job. The maximum punishment is a title 18 fine, five years in prison, or both.
(a) Work inside the United States. A person who knowingly and with intent to defraud recruits, solicits, or hires someone outside the United States, causes another person to do so, or attempts to do so, for employment in the United States, using materially false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises about the employment, may be fined under title 18, imprisoned up to five years, or both. (b) Work outside the United States. The same conduct and punishment apply when the purpose is employment performed on a United States Government contract outside the United States, on a United States military installation or mission outside the United States, or on other property or premises outside the United States owned or controlled by the United States Government, and the false or fraudulent claims concern that employment.
Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud recruits, solicits, or hires a person outside the United States or causes another person to recruit, solicit, or hire a person outside the United States, or attempts to do so, for purposes of employment in the United States by means of materially false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises regarding that employment shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud recruits, solicits, or hires a person outside the United States or causes another person to recruit, solicit, or hire a person outside the United States, or attempts to do so, for purposes of employment performed on a United States Government contract performed outside the United States, or on a United States military installation or mission outside the United States or other property or premises outside the United States owned or controlled by the United States Government, by means of materially false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises regarding that employment, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 110–457, title II, § 222(e)(2), Dec. 23, 2008, 122 Stat. 5070; amended Pub. L. 112–239, div. A, title XVII, § 1706(a), Jan. 2, 2013, 126 Stat. 2097.)
- 2008Enacted · Pub. L. 110-457 · 122 Stat. 5070
- 2013Amended · Pub. L. 112-239 · 126 Stat. 2097
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 110-457 on 2008-12-23.
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