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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 2315. Sale or receipt of stolen goods, securities, moneys, or fraudulent State tax stamps
Whoever receives, possesses, conceals, stores, barters, sells, or
disposes of any goods, wares, or merchandise, securities, or money
of the value of $5,000 or more, or pledges or accepts as security
for a loan any goods, wares, or merchandise, or securities, of the
value of $500 or more, which have crossed a State or United States
boundary after being stolen, unlawfully converted, or taken,
knowing the same to have been stolen, unlawfully converted, or
taken; or
Whoever receives, possesses, conceals, stores, barters, sells, or
disposes of any falsely made, forged, altered, or counterfeited
securities or tax stamps, or pledges or accepts as security for a
loan any falsely made, forged, altered, or counterfeited securities
or tax stamps, moving as, or which are a part of, or which
constitute interstate or foreign commerce, knowing the same to have
been so falsely made, forged, altered, or counterfeited; or
Whoever receives in interstate or foreign commerce, or conceals,
stores, barters, sells, or disposes of, any tool, implement, or
thing used or intended to be used in falsely making, forging,
altering, or counterfeiting any security or tax stamp, or any part
thereof, moving as, or which is a part of, or which constitutes
interstate or foreign commerce, knowing that the same is fitted to
be used, or has been used, in falsely making, forging, altering, or
counterfeiting any security or tax stamp, or any part thereof -
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten
years, or both.
This section shall not apply to any falsely made, forged,
altered, counterfeited, or spurious representation of an obligation
or other security of the United States or of an obligation, bond,
certificate, security, treasury note, bill, promise to pay, or bank
note, issued by any foreign government. This section also shall not
apply to any falsely made, forged, altered, counterfeited, or
spurious representation of any bank note or bill issued by a bank
or corporation of any foreign country which is intended by the laws
or usage of such country to circulate as money.
For purposes of this section, the term "State" includes a State
of the United States, the District of Columbia, and any
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.
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