18 U.S.C. § 155 : US Code - Section 155: Fee agreements in cases under title 11 and receiverships

Search 18 U.S.C. § 155 : US Code - Section 155: Fee agreements in cases under title 11 and receiverships

Whoever, being a party in interest, whether as a debtor,
creditor, receiver, trustee or representative of any of them, or
attorney for any such party in interest, in any receivership or
case under title 11 in any United States court or under its
supervision, knowingly and fraudulently enters into any agreement,
express or implied, with another such party in interest or attorney
for another such party in interest, for the purpose of fixing the
fees or other compensation to be paid to any party in interest or
to any attorney for any party in interest for services rendered in
connection therewith, from the assets of the estate, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.