18 U.S.C. § 1004 : US Code - Section 1004: Certification of checks

Search 18 U.S.C. § 1004 : US Code - Section 1004: Certification of checks

Whoever, being an officer, director, agent, or employee of any
Federal Reserve bank, member bank of the Federal Reserve System,
insured bank (as defined in section 3(h) of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act), branch or agency of a foreign bank (as such terms
are defined in paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 1(b) of the
International Banking Act of 1978), or organization operating under
section 25 or section 25(a) (!1) of the Federal Reserve Act,
certifies a check before the amount thereof has been regularly
deposited in the bank, branch, agency, or organization, by the
drawer thereof, or resorts to any device, or receives any
fictitious obligation, directly or collaterally, in order to evade
any of the provisions of law relating to certification of checks,
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five
years, or both.