18 U.S.C. § 289 : US Code - Section 289: False claims for pensions

Search 18 U.S.C. § 289 : US Code - Section 289: False claims for pensions

Whoever knowingly and willfully makes, or presents any false,
fictitious or fraudulent affidavit, declaration, certificate,
voucher, endorsement, or paper or writing purporting to be such,
concerning any claim for pension or payment thereof, or pertaining
to any other matter within the jurisdiction of the Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, or knowingly or willfully makes or presents any
paper required as a voucher in drawing a pension, which paper bears
a date subsequent to that upon which it was actually signed or
acknowledged by the pensioner; or
Whoever knowingly and falsely certifies that the declarant,
affiant, or witness named in such declaration, affidavit, voucher,
endorsement, or other paper or writing personally appeared before
him and was sworn thereto, or acknowledged the execution thereof -
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five
years, or both.