{"identifier":"/us/usc/t18/s286","title_num":"18","num":"§ 286.","heading":"Conspiracy to defraud the Government with respect to claims","status":null,"guid":"idbbc15c08-4aa6-11eb-bce4-d6beeb6aa2d0","source_credit":"(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 698; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)","seq_in_title":124,"parent_identifier":"/us/usc/t18/ptI/ch15","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/ch15","level":"chapter","num":"CHAPTER 15—","heading":"CLAIMS AND SERVICES IN MATTERS AFFECTING GOVERNMENT","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=\"id745cc82c-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\" identifier=\"/us/usc/t18/s286\"><num value=\"286\">§ 286.</num><heading> Conspiracy to defraud the Government with respect to claims</heading><content>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I11\" class=\"indent0\">Whoever enters into any agreement, combination, or conspiracy to defraud the United States, or any department or agency thereof, by obtaining or aiding to obtain the payment or allowance of any false, fictitious or fraudulent claim, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.</p>\n</content><sourceCredit id=\"id745cc82d-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">(<ref href=\"/us/act/1948-06-25/ch645\">June 25, 1948, ch. 645</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/62/698\">62 Stat. 698</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322/tXXXIII/s330016/1/L\">Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(L)</ref>, <date date=\"1994-09-13\">Sept. 13, 1994</date>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/108/2147\">108 Stat. 2147</ref>.)</sourceCredit>\n<notes type=\"uscNote\" id=\"id745cc82e-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\">\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"historicalAndRevision\" id=\"id745cc82f-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Historical and Revision Notes</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 83 (<ref href=\"/us/act/1909-03-04/ch321/s35\">Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 35</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/35/1095\">35 Stat. 1095</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/act/1918-10-23/ch194\">Oct. 23, 1918, ch. 194</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/40/1015\">40 Stat. 1015</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/act/1934-06-18/ch587\">June 18, 1934, ch. 587</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/48/996\">48 Stat. 996</ref>; <ref href=\"/us/act/1938-04-04/ch69\">Apr. 4, 1938, ch. 69</ref>, <ref href=\"/us/stat/52/197\">52 Stat. 197</ref>).</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">To clarify meaning of “department” the word “agency” was inserted after it. (See definitions of “department” and “agency” in <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s6\">section 6 of this title</ref>.)</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Words “or any corporation in which the United States of America is a stockholder” were omitted as unnecessary in view of definition of “agency” in <ref href=\"/us/usc/t18/s6\">section 6 of this title</ref>.</p>\n<p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">Minor changes in phraseology were made.</p>\n</note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" role=\"crossHeading\" topic=\"editorialNotes\" id=\"id745cc830-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered\"><b>Editorial Notes</b></heading></note>\n<note style=\"-uslm-lc:I74\" topic=\"amendments\" id=\"id745cc831-3b28-11eb-ad8c-9fba61cd9daf\"><heading class=\"centered smallCaps\">Amendments</heading><p style=\"-uslm-lc:I21\" class=\"indent0\">1994—<ref href=\"/us/pl/103/322\">Pub. L. 103–322</ref> substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $10,000”.</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}