Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 18 : Section 1712


   
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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