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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1003. Demands against the United States
Whoever knowingly and fraudulently demands or endeavors to obtain
any share or sum in the public stocks of the United States, or to
have any part thereof transferred, assigned, sold, or conveyed, or
to have any annuity, dividend, pension, wages, gratuity, or other
debt due from the United States, or any part thereof, received, or
paid by virtue of any false, forged, or counterfeited power of
attorney, authority, or instrument, shall be fined under this title
or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; but if the sum or
value so obtained or attempted to be obtained 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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