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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1025. False pretenses on high seas and other waters
Whoever, upon any waters or vessel within the special maritime
and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, by any fraud, or
false pretense, obtains from any person anything of value, or
procures the execution and delivery of any instrument of writing or
conveyance of real or personal property, or the signature of any
person, as maker, endorser, or guarantor, to or upon any bond,
bill, receipt, promissory note, draft, or check, or any other
evidence of indebtedness, or fraudulently sells, barters, or
disposes of any bond, bill, receipt, promissory note, draft, or
check, or other evidence of indebtedness, for value, knowing the
same to be worthless, or knowing the signature of the maker,
endorser, or guarantor thereof to have been obtained by any false
pretenses, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more
than five years, or both; but if the amount, value or the face
value of anything so 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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