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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 1712. Falsification of postal returns to increase compensation
Whoever, being a Postal Service officer or employee, makes a
false return, statement, or account to any officer of the United
States, or makes a false entry in any record, book, or account,
required by law or the rules or regulations of the Postal Service
to be kept in respect of the business or operations of any post
office or other branch of the Postal Service, for the purpose of
fraudulently increasing his compensation or the compensation of the
postmaster or any employee in a post office; or
Whoever, being a Postal Service officer or employee in any post
office or station thereof, for the purpose of increasing the
emoluments or compensation of his office, induces, or attempts to
induce, any person to deposit mail matter in, or forward in any
manner for mailing at, the office where such officer or employee is
employed, knowing such matter to be properly mailable at another
post office -
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two
years, or both.
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