{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s1344","title_num":"18","num":"§ 1344.","heading":"Bank fraud","status":null,"guid":"idbcd711ee-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(Added Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1108(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2147; amended Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, § 961(k), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 500; Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2504(j), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4861.)","seq_in_title":496,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch63","ancestors":[{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18","level":"title","num":"Title 18—","heading":"CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI","level":"part","num":"PART I—","heading":"CRIMES","status":null,"is_section":false},{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch63","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 63—","heading":"MAIL FRAUD AND OTHER FRAUD OFFENSES","status":null,"is_section":false}],"xml":"<section xmlns=\"http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0\" xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:dc=\"http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/\" xmlns:dcterms=\"http://purl.org/dc/terms/\" style=\"-uslm-lc:I80\" id=\"id74ab5d82-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1344\"><num value=\"1344\">§ 1344.</num><heading> Bank fraud</heading>\n<chapeau style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice—</chapeau><paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id74ab5d83-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1344/1\"><num value=\"1\">(1)</num><content> to defraud a financial institution; or</content>\n</paragraph>\n<paragraph style=\"-uslm-lc:I12\" class=\"indent1\" id=\"id74ab5d84-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s1344/2\"><num value=\"2\">(2)</num><content> to obtain any of the moneys, funds, credits, assets, securities, or other property owned by, or under the custody or control of, a financial institution, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises;</content>\n</paragraph>\n\n<continuation style=\"-uslm-lc:I10\" class=\"indent0 firstIndent0\">shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both.</continuation>\n<sourceCredit id=\"id74ab5d85-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(Added <ref href=\"/us/pl/98/473/tII/s1108/a\">Pub. L. 98–473, title II, § 1108(a)</ref>, <date date=\"1984-10-12\">Oct. 12, 1984</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/98/2147\">98 Stat. 2147</ref>; amended <ref href=\"/us/pl/101/73/tIX/s961/k\">Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, § 961(k)</ref>, <date date=\"1989-08-09\">Aug. 9, 1989</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/103/500\">103 Stat. 500</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/101/647/tXXV/s2504/j\">Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2504(j)</ref>, <date date=\"1990-11-29\">Nov. 29, 1990</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/104/4861\">104 Stat. 4861</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id74ab5d86-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id74ab5d87-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id74ab5d88-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1990—<ref href=\"/us/pl/101/647\">Pub. L. 101–647</ref> substituted “30” for “20” before “years”.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1989—<ref href=\"/us/pl/101/73\">Pub. L. 101–73</ref> amended section generally, restating former subsec. (a) and striking out former subsec. (b) which defined “federally chartered or insured financial institution”. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice—</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I22\" class=\"indent1\">“(1) to defraud a federally chartered or insured financial institution; or</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I22\" class=\"indent1\">“(2) to obtain any of the moneys, funds, credits, assets, securities or other property owned by or under the custody or control of a federally chartered or insured financial institution by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.”</p>\n</note>\n</notes>\n</section>","provision":null,"duplicates":[],"release":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"served_from":{"label":"116-252","currency_date":"2020-12-22","congress":116,"law_num":252,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":222,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["18","20","31","34","40","42"],"ingested_titles":[]},"content_first_seen":{"label":"116-214","currency_date":"2020-12-05","congress":116,"law_num":214,"excluded_laws":[],"update_num":null,"seq":218,"is_partial":false,"caveat":null,"titles_affected":["02","09","11a","15","16","18","18a","20","21","22","28a","31","37","38","39","40","41","51","52","54"],"ingested_titles":[]},"is_exact":true,"note":null}