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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 648. Custodians, generally, misusing public funds
Whoever, being an officer or other person charged by any Act of
Congress with the safe-keeping of the public moneys, loans, uses,
or converts to his own use, or deposits in any bank, including any
branch or agency of a foreign bank (as such terms are defined in
paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 1(b) of the International Banking
Act of 1978), or exchanges for other funds, except as specially
allowed by law, any portion of the public moneys intrusted to him
for safe-keeping, is guilty of embezzlement of the money so loaned,
used, converted, deposited, or exchanged, and shall be fined under
this title or in a sum equal to the amount of money so embezzled,
whichever is greater, or imprisoned not more than ten years, or
both; but if the amount embezzled does not exceed $1,000, he shall
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or
both.
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