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18 U.S.C. § 644 — Banker receiving unauthorized deposit of public money

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 132 words · no verdicts yet

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This section makes it embezzlement for an unauthorized depositary to knowingly receive United States public money in specified ways, or to use, transfer, convert, appropriate, or apply it for a purpose not prescribed by law. It sets different maximum punishments depending on whether the amount is more than $1,000.

A person who is not an authorized depositary of public money commits embezzlement if the person knowingly receives public money from a United States disbursing officer, internal-revenue collector, or other United States agent as a deposit, loan, or accommodation, with or without interest, or in any way other than payment of a debt owed by the United States. The person also commits embezzlement by using, transferring, converting, appropriating, or applying any part of the public money for any purpose not prescribed by law. The punishment is a fine under this title or a fine of up to the amount embezzled, whichever is greater, imprisonment for up to 10 years, or both. If the amount embezzled is $1,000 or less, the person may be fined up to $1,000, imprisoned for up to 1 year, or both.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever, not being an authorized depositary of public moneys, knowingly receives from any disbursing officer, or collector of internal revenue, or other agent of the United States, any public money on deposit, or by way of loan or accommodation, with or without interest, or otherwise than in payment of a debt against the United States, or uses, transfers, converts, appropriates, or applies any portion of the public money for any purpose not prescribed by law is guilty of embezzlement and shall be fined under this title or not more than the amount so embezzled, whichever is greater, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; but if the amount embezzled does not exceed $1,000, he shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 726; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(2)(G), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, § 606(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3511.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 645 · 62 Stat. 726
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2148
  • 1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-294 · 110 Stat. 3511

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

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