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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 152. Concealment of assets; false oaths and claims; bribery
A person who -
(1) knowingly and fraudulently conceals from a custodian,
trustee, marshal, or other officer of the court charged with the
control or custody of property, or, in connection with a case
under title 11, from creditors or the United States Trustee, any
property belonging to the estate of a debtor;
(2) knowingly and fraudulently makes a false oath or account in
or in relation to any case under title 11;
(3) knowingly and fraudulently makes a false declaration,
certificate, verification, or statement under penalty of perjury
as permitted under section 1746 of title 28, in or in relation to
any case under title 11;
(4) knowingly and fraudulently presents any false claim for
proof against the estate of a debtor, or uses any such claim in
any case under title 11, in a personal capacity or as or through
an agent, proxy, or attorney;
(5) knowingly and fraudulently receives any material amount of
property from a debtor after the filing of a case under title 11,
with intent to defeat the provisions of title 11;
(6) knowingly and fraudulently gives, offers, receives, or
attempts to obtain any money or property, remuneration,
compensation, reward, advantage, or promise thereof for acting or
forbearing to act in any case under title 11;
(7) in a personal capacity or as an agent or officer of any
person or corporation, in contemplation of a case under title 11
by or against the person or any other person or corporation, or
with intent to defeat the provisions of title 11, knowingly and
fraudulently transfers or conceals any of his property or the
property of such other person or corporation;
(8) after the filing of a case under title 11 or in
contemplation thereof, knowingly and fraudulently conceals,
destroys, mutilates, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any
recorded information (including books, documents, records, and
papers) relating to the property or financial affairs of a
debtor; or
(9) after the filing of a case under title 11, knowingly and
fraudulently withholds from a custodian, trustee, marshal, or
other officer of the court or a United States Trustee entitled to
its possession, any recorded information (including books,
documents, records, and papers) relating to the property or
financial affairs of a debtor,
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years,
or both.
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