18 U.S.C. § 483 — Uttering counterfeit foreign bank notes
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It's a federal crime to knowingly pass off a fake foreign bank note as real, to defraud someone. This applies whether the note was faked inside or outside the United States. The punishment is a fine, up to 20 years in prison, or both.
This law makes it a crime for anyone, within the United States, to utter, pass, offer, or hand over in payment a false, forged, altered, or counterfeited bank note or bill described in section 482 of this title. The person must intend to defraud someone, and must know the note or bill is fake.
It does not matter whether the note was made, forged, altered, or counterfeited inside or outside the United States. Anyone who violates this law can be fined under this title, imprisoned for up to 20 years, or both.
Whoever, within the United States, utters, passes, puts off, or tenders in payment, with intent to defraud, any such false, forged, altered, or counterfeited bank note or bill, mentioned in section 482 of this title, knowing the same to be so false, forged, altered, and counterfeited, whether or not the same was made, forged, altered, or counterfeited within the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 708; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 107–56, title III, § 375(f), Oct. 26, 2001, 115 Stat. 342.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 708
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147
- 2001Amended · Pub. L. 107-56 · 115 Stat. 342
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 645 on 1948-06-25.
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