18 U.S.C. § 3487 : US Code - Section 3487: Refusal to pay as evidence of embezzlement

Search 18 U.S.C. § 3487 : US Code - Section 3487: Refusal to pay as evidence of embezzlement

The refusal of any person, whether in or out of office, charged
with the safe-keeping, transfer, or disbursement of the public
money to pay any draft, order, or warrant, drawn upon him by the
Government Accountability Office, for any public money in his hands
belonging to the United States, no matter in what capacity the same
may have been received, or may be held, or to transfer or disburse
any such money, promptly, upon the legal requirement of any
authorized officer, shall be deemed, upon the trial of any
indictment against such person for embezzlement, prima facie
evidence of such embezzlement.