18 U.S.C. § 1341 : US Code - Section 1341: Frauds and swindles

Search 18 U.S.C. § 1341 : US Code - Section 1341: Frauds and swindles

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, or to
sell, dispose of, loan, exchange, alter, give away, distribute,
supply, or furnish or procure for unlawful use any counterfeit or
spurious coin, obligation, security, or other article, or anything
represented to be or intimated or held out to be such counterfeit
or spurious article, for the purpose of executing such scheme or
artifice or attempting so to do, places in any post office or
authorized depository for mail matter, any matter or thing whatever
to be sent or delivered by the Postal Service, or deposits or
causes to be deposited any matter or thing whatever to be sent or
delivered by any private or commercial interstate carrier, or takes
or receives therefrom, any such matter or thing, or knowingly
causes to be delivered by mail or such carrier according to the
direction thereon, or at the place at which it is directed to be
delivered by the person to whom it is addressed, any such matter or
thing, 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.