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[CITE: 18USC1016]

TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

PART I--CRIMES

CHAPTER 47--FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS

Sec. 1016. Acknowledgment of appearance or oath

Whoever, being an officer authorized to administer oaths or to take and certify acknowledgments, knowingly makes any false acknowledgment, certificate, or statement concerning the appearance before him or the taking of an oath or affirmation by any person with respect to any proposal, contract, bond, undertaking, or other matter submitted to, made with, or taken on behalf of the United States or any department or agency thereof, concerning which an oath or affirmation is required by law or lawful regulation, or with respect to the financial standing of any principal, surety, or other party to any such proposal, contract, bond, undertaking, or other instrument, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 753; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, Sec. 330016(1)(I), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)

Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 75 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, Sec. 31, 35 Stat. 1094).

Words ``or of any department or agency thereof'' were inserted after ``United States'' so as to remove any ambiguity as to scope of section. (See definitions of ``department'' and ``agency'' in section 6 of this title.)

Amendments
1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for ``fined not more than $2,000''.

Here are some examples of common fraud:

  • Credit Card Fraud
  • Internet Fraud
  • Computer Fraud
  • Identity Fraud
  • Check Fraud
  • Mail Fraud
  • Bank Fraud
  • Medicare Fraud
  • Medicaid Fraud
  • Mortgage Fraud
  • Social Security Fraud
  • Tax Fraud
  • Welfare Fraud
  • Accounting Fraud
  • Consumer Fraud
  • Health Care Fraud
  • Worker Compensation Fraud
  • Disability Fraud
  • Corporate Fraud