Conviction Report for All Agencies in the Latest Month (50 in April 2008)

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CITE

    18 USC Sec. 1343                                            01/02/2006

EXPCITE

    TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
    PART I - CRIMES
    CHAPTER 63 - MAIL FRAUD

HEAD

    Sec. 1343. Fraud by wire, radio, or television

STATUTE

      Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or
    artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of
    false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises,
    transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or
    television communication in interstate or foreign commerce, any
    writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of
    executing such scheme or artifice, shall be fined under this title
    or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If the violation
    affects a financial institution, such person shall be fined not
    more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both.

SOURCE

    (Added July 16, 1952, ch. 879, Sec. 18(a), 66 Stat. 722; amended
    July 11, 1956, ch. 561, 70 Stat. 523; Pub. L. 101-73, title IX,
    Sec. 961(j), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 500; Pub. L. 101-647, title
    XXV, Sec. 2504(i), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4861; Pub. L. 103-322,
    title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147;
    Pub. L. 107-204, title IX, Sec. 903(b), July 30, 2002, 116 Stat.
    805.)

AMENDMENTS

      2002 - Pub. L. 107-204 substituted "20 years" for "five years".
      1994 - Pub. L. 103-322 substituted "fined under this title" for
    "fined not more than $1,000".
      1990 - Pub. L. 101-647 substituted "30" for "20" before "years".
      1989 - Pub. L. 101-73 inserted at end "If the violation affects a
    financial institution, such person shall be fined not more than
    $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both."
      1956 - Act July 11, 1956, substituted "transmitted by means of
    wire, radio, or television communication in interstate or foreign
    commerce" for "transmitted by means of interstate wire, radio, or
    television communication".