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18 U.S.C. § 654 — Officer or employee of United States converting property of another

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 645 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 118 words · no verdicts yet

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A federal officer or employee commits a crime by embezzling or wrongfully converting another person’s money or property that came under the officer’s control through the job or claimed authority. The maximum prison term is 10 years, with a lower maximum when the amount is $1,000 or less.

A United States officer or employee, or an officer or employee of a federal department or agency, commits an offense by embezzling or wrongfully converting for personal use another person’s money or property that came into the person’s possession or control while performing the job, or while claiming or using the authority of that job. The person may be fined under this title or fined up to the value of the money or property, whichever fine is greater, imprisoned for up to 10 years, or both. If the amount is $1,000 or less, the person may be fined under this title, imprisoned for up to 1 year, or both.
the actual law source: uscode.house.gov ↗public domain

Whoever, being an officer or employee of the United States or of any department or agency thereof, embezzles or wrongfully converts to his own use the money or property of another which comes into his possession or under his control in the execution of such office or employment, or under color or claim of authority as such officer or employee, shall be fined under this title or not more than the value of the money and property thus embezzled or converted, whichever is greater, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both; but if the sum embezzled is $1,000 or less, he shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 728; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), (2)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147, 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. 728
  • 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2147, 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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