Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 1005


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 1005. Bank entries, reports and transactions

      Whoever, being an officer, director, agent or employee of any
    Federal Reserve bank, member bank, depository institution holding
    company, national bank, insured bank, branch or agency of a foreign
    bank, or organization operating under section 25 or section 25(a)
    (!1) of the Federal Reserve Act, without authority from the
    directors of such bank, branch, agency, or organization or company,
    issues or puts in circulation any notes of such bank, branch,
    agency, or organization or company; or

      Whoever, without such authority, makes, draws, issues, puts
    forth, or assigns any certificate of deposit, draft, order, bill of
    exchange, acceptance, note, debenture, bond, or other obligation,
    or mortgage, judgment or decree; or
      Whoever makes any false entry in any book, report, or statement
    of such bank, company, branch, agency, or organization with intent
    to injure or defraud such bank, company, branch, agency, or
    organization, or any other company, body politic or corporate, or
    any individual person, or to deceive any officer of such bank,
    company, branch, agency, or organization, or the Comptroller of the
    Currency, or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or any
    agent or examiner appointed to examine the affairs of such bank,
    company, branch, agency, or organization, or the Board of Governors
    of the Federal Reserve System; or
      Whoever with intent to defraud the United States or any agency
    thereof, or any financial institution referred to in this section,
    participates or shares in or receives (directly or indirectly) any
    money, profit, property, or benefits through any transaction, loan,
    commission, contract, or any other act of any such financial
    institution - 
      Shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more
    than 30 years, or both.
      As used in this section, the term "national bank" is synonymous
    with "national banking association"; "member bank" means and
    includes any national bank, state bank, or bank or trust company,
    which has become a member of one of the Federal Reserve banks;
    "insured bank" includes any state bank, banking association, trust
    company, savings bank, or other banking institution, the deposits
    of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;
    and the term "branch or agency of a foreign bank" means a branch or
    agency described in section 20(9) of this title. For purposes of
    this section, the term "depository institution holding company" has
    the meaning given such term in section 3(w)(1) of the Federal
    Deposit Insurance Act.



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