18 U.S.C. § 500 : US Code - Section 500: Money orders

Search 18 U.S.C. § 500 : US Code - Section 500: Money orders

Whoever, with intent to defraud, falsely makes, forges,
counterfeits, engraves, or prints any order in imitation of or
purporting to be a blank money order or a money order issued by or
under the direction of the Post Office Department or Postal
Service; or
Whoever forges or counterfeits the signature or initials of any
person authorized to issue money orders upon or to any money order,
postal note, or blank therefor provided or issued by or under the
direction of the Post Office Department or Postal Service, or post
office department or corporation of any foreign country, and
payable in the United States, or any material signature or
indorsement thereon, or any material signature to any receipt or
certificate of identification thereof; or
Whoever falsely alters, in any material respect, any such money
order or postal note; or
Whoever, with intent to defraud, passes, utters or publishes or
attempts to pass, utter or publish any such forged or altered money
order or postal note, knowing any material initials, signature,
stamp impression or indorsement thereon to be false, forged, or
counterfeited, or any material alteration therein to have been
falsely made; or
Whoever issues any money order or postal note without having
previously received or paid the full amount of money payable
therefor, with the purpose of fraudulently obtaining or receiving,
or fraudulently enabling any other person, either directly or
indirectly, to obtain or receive from the United States or Postal
Service, or any officer, employee, or agent thereof, any sum of
money whatever; or
Whoever embezzles, steals, or knowingly converts to his own use
or to the use of another, or without authority converts or disposes
of any blank money order form provided by or under the authority of
the Post Office Department or Postal Service; or
Whoever receives or possesses any such money order form with the
intent to convert it to his own use or gain or use or gain of
another knowing it to have been embezzled, stolen or converted; or
Whoever, with intent to defraud the United States, the Postal
Service, or any person, transmits, presents, or causes to be
transmitted or presented, any money order or postal note knowing
the same -
(1) to contain any forged or counterfeited signature, initials,
or any stamped impression, or
(2) to contain any material alteration therein unlawfully made,
or
(3) to have been unlawfully issued without previous payment of
the amount required to be paid upon such issue, or
(4) to have been stamped without lawful authority; or
Whoever steals, or with intent to defraud or without being
lawfully authorized by the Post Office Department or Postal
Service, receives, possesses, disposes of or attempts to dispose of
any postal money order machine or any stamp, tool, or instrument
specifically designed to be used in preparing or filling out the
blanks on postal money order forms -
Shall be fined under this title (!1) or imprisoned not more than
five years, or both.