62 STAT.] 80TH CONG. , 2D SESS.-CH. 645-JUNE 25, 1948 749 CHAPTER 47.-FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS Sec. 1001. Statements or entries generally. 1002. Possession of false papers to defraud United States. 1003. Demands against the United States. 1004. Certification of checks. 1005. Bank entries, reports and transactions. 1006. Federal credit institution entries, reports and transactions. 1007. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation transactions. 1008. Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation transactions. 1009. Rumors regarding Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. 1010. Federal Housing Administration transactions. 1011. Federal land bank mortgage transactions. 1012. United States Housing Authority transactions. 1013. Farm loan bonds and credit bank debentures. 1014. Loan and credit applications generally; renewals and discounts; crop insurance. 1015. Naturalization, citizenship or alien registry. 1016. Acknowledgement of appearance or oath. 1017. Government seals wrongfully used and instruments wrongfully sealed. 1018. Official certificates or writings. 1019. Certificates by consular offices. 1020. Highway projects. 1021. Title records. 1022. Delivery of certificate, voucher, receipt for military or naval property. 1023. Insufficient delivery of money or property for military or naval service. 1024. Purchase or receipt of military, naval, or veterans' facilities property. 1025. False pretenses on high seas and other waters. 1026. Compromise, adjustment, or cancellation of farm indebtedness. § 1001. STATE1MENTS OR ENTRIES GENERALLY Whoever, in any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States knowingly and willfully falsifies, con- ceals or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or makes any false, fictitious or fraudulent statements or representations, or makes or uses any false writing or document knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or entry, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 1002. POSSESSION OF FALSE PAPERS TO DEFRAUD UNITED STATES Whoever, knowingly and with intent to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof, possesses any false, altered, forged, or counter- feited writing or document for the purpose of enabling another to obtain from the United States, or from any agency, officer or agent thereof, any sum of money, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. § 1003. IEMANDS AGAINST TIIE UNITED STATES Whoever knowingly and fraudulently demands or endeavors to obtain any share or sum in the public stocks of the United States, or to have any part thereof transferred, assigned, sold, or conveyed, or to have any annuity, dividend, pension, wages, gratuity, or other debt due from the United States, or any part thereof, received, or paid by virtue of any false, forged, or counterfeited power of attor- ney, authority, or instrument, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; but if the sum or value so obtained or attempted to be obtained does not exceed $100, he shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. § 1004. CERTIFICATION OF CHECKS Whoever, being an officer, director, agent, or employee of any Fed- eral Reserve bank or member bank of the Federal Reserve System, certifies a check before the amount thereof has been regularly deposited in the bank by the drawer thereof, or resorts to any device, or receives any fictitious obligation, directly or collaterally, in order to evade
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