18 U.S.C. § 1510 : US Code - Section 1510: Obstruction of criminal investigations

Search 18 U.S.C. § 1510 : US Code - Section 1510: Obstruction of criminal investigations

(a) Whoever willfully endeavors by means of bribery to obstruct,
delay, or prevent the communication of information relating to a
violation of any criminal statute of the United States by any
person to a criminal investigator shall be fined under this title,
or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
(b)(1) Whoever, being an officer of a financial institution, with
the intent to obstruct a judicial proceeding, directly or
indirectly notifies any other person about the existence or
contents of a subpoena for records of that financial institution,
or information that has been furnished to the grand jury in
response to that subpoena, shall be fined under this title or
imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
(2) Whoever, being an officer of a financial institution,
directly or indirectly notifies -
(A) a customer of that financial institution whose records are
sought by a grand jury subpoena; or
(B) any other person named in that subpoena;
about the existence or contents of that subpoena or information
that has been furnished to the grand jury in response to that
subpoena, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
than one year, or both.
(3) As used in this subsection -
(A) the term "an officer of a financial institution" means an
officer, director, partner, employee, agent, or attorney of or
for a financial institution; and
(B) the term "subpoena for records" means a Federal grand jury
subpoena or a Department of Justice subpoena (issued under
section 3486 of title 18), for customer records that has been
served relating to a violation of, or a conspiracy to violate -
(i) section 215, 656, 657, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1014, 1344,
1956, 1957, or chapter 53 of title 31; or
(ii) section 1341 or 1343 affecting a financial institution.
(c) As used in this section, the term "criminal investigator"
means any individual duly authorized by a department, agency, or
armed force of the United States to conduct or engage in
investigations of or prosecutions for violations of the criminal
laws of the United States.
(d)(1) Whoever -
(A) acting as, or being, an officer, director, agent or
employee of a person engaged in the business of insurance whose
activities affect interstate commerce, or
(B) is engaged in the business of insurance whose activities
affect interstate commerce or is involved (other than as an
insured or beneficiary under a policy of insurance) in a
transaction relating to the conduct of affairs of such a
business,
with intent to obstruct a judicial proceeding, directly or
indirectly notifies any other person about the existence or
contents of a subpoena for records of that person engaged in such
business or information that has been furnished to a Federal grand
jury in response to that subpoena, shall be fined as provided by
this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
(2) As used in paragraph (1), the term "subpoena for records"
means a Federal grand jury subpoena for records that has been
served relating to a violation of, or a conspiracy to violate,
section 1033 of this title.