18 U.S.C. § 2326 — Enhanced penalties
submitted 32 years ago by Pub. L. 103-322 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 134 words · no verdicts yet
A person convicted of specified offenses or related conspiracy in connection with telemarketing or email marketing receives extra prison time. The extra term increases to up to 10 years when the offense involves or targets at least ten people over age 55.
A person convicted of an offense under section 1028, 1029, 1341, 1342, 1343, 1344, or 1347, section 1128B of the Social Security Act, or a conspiracy to commit one of those offenses, in connection with telemarketing or email marketing* (1) must receive up to five additional years in prison on top of any prison term imposed under the relevant section; and (2) if the offense (A) victimized at least ten people over age 55 or (B) targeted people over age 55, must receive up to ten additional years on top of that term. “Telemarketing or email marketing” is quoted because section 2325 defines it, not this section.
A person who is convicted of an offense under section 1028, 1029, 1341, 1342, 1343, 1344, or 1347 or section 1128B of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7b), or a conspiracy to commit such an offense, in connection with the conduct of telemarketing or email marketing*—
shall be imprisoned for a term of up to 5 years in addition to any term of imprisonment imposed under any of those sections, respectively; and
in the case of an offense under any of those sections that—
victimized ten or more persons over the age of 55; or
targeted persons over the age of 55,
shall be imprisoned for a term of up to 10 years in addition to any term of imprisonment imposed under any of those sections, respectively.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 103–322, title XXV, § 250002(a)(2), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2082; amended Pub. L. 105–184, §§ 3, 4, June 23, 1998, 112 Stat. 520; Pub. L. 115–70, title IV, § 402(a)(3), Oct. 18, 2017, 131 Stat. 1214.)
- 1994Enacted · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2082
- 1998Amended · Pub. L. 105-184 · 112 Stat. 520
- 2017Amended · Pub. L. 115-70 · 131 Stat. 1214
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 103-322 on 1994-09-13.
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