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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 514. Fictitious obligations
(a) Whoever, with the intent to defraud -
(1) draws, prints, processes, produces, publishes, or otherwise
makes, or attempts or causes the same, within the United States;
(2) passes, utters, presents, offers, brokers, issues, sells,
or attempts or causes the same, or with like intent possesses,
within the United States; or
(3) utilizes interstate or foreign commerce, including the use
of the mails or wire, radio, or other electronic communication,
to transmit, transport, ship, move, transfer, or attempts or
causes the same, to, from, or through the United States,
any false or fictitious instrument, document, or other item
appearing, representing, purporting, or contriving through scheme
or artifice, to be an actual security or other financial instrument
issued under the authority of the United States, a foreign
government, a State or other political subdivision of the United
States, or an organization, shall be guilty of a class B felony.
(b) For purposes of this section, any term used in this section
that is defined in section 513(c) has the same meaning given such
term in section 513(c).
(c) The United States Secret Service, in addition to any other
agency having such authority, shall have authority to investigate
offenses under this section.
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