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U.S. Code as of:
01/19/04
Section 157. Bankruptcy fraud
A person who, having devised or intending to devise a scheme or
artifice to defraud and for the purpose of executing or concealing
such a scheme or artifice or attempting to do so -
(1) files a petition under title 11;
(2) files a document in a proceeding under title 11; or
(3) makes a false or fraudulent representation, claim, or
promise concerning or in relation to a proceeding under title 11,
at any time before or after the filing of the petition, or in
relation to a proceeding falsely asserted to be pending under
such title,
shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years,
or both.
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