18 U.S.C. § 287 — False, fictitious or fraudulent claims

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 72 words · no verdicts yet

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Anyone who knowingly makes a false, fictitious, or fraudulent claim against the United States — to any civilian, military, or naval officer or agency — can be imprisoned for up to five years. They can also be fined under this title's general fine provisions.

Anyone who makes or presents a claim against the United States (or any of its departments or agencies) to a civilian, military, or naval officer or employee, knowing that claim is false, fictitious, or fraudulent, can be imprisoned for up to five years. That person is also subject to a fine, set at the amount this title's general fine provisions allow.

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Whoever makes or presents to any person or officer in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States, or to any department or agency thereof, any claim upon or against the United States, or any department or agency thereof, knowing such claim to be false, fictitious, or fraudulent, shall be imprisoned not more than five years and shall be subject to a fine in the amount provided in this title.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 698; Pub. L. 99–562, § 7, Oct. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 3169.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 698
1986Amended · Pub. L. 99-562 · 100 Stat. 3169

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

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