50 U.S.C. § 217 : US Code - Section 217: Trading in captured or abandoned property

Search 50 U.S.C. § 217 : US Code - Section 217: Trading in captured or abandoned property

All persons in the military or naval service of the United States
are prohibited from buying or selling, trading, or in any way
dealing in captured or abandoned property, whereby they shall
receive or expect any profit, benefit, or advantage to themselves,
or any other person, directly or indirectly connected with them;
and it shall be the duty of such person whenever such property
comes into his possession or custody, or within his control, to
give notice thereof to some agent, appointed by virtue of this
chapter, and to turn the same over to such agent without delay. Any
officer of the United States, civil, military, or naval, or any
sutler, soldier, or marine, or other person who shall violate any
provision of this section, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor,
and shall be fined not more than $5,000, and imprisoned in the
penitentiary not more than three years. Violations of this section
shall be cognizable before any court, civil or military, competent
to try the same.