[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 18USC1344]
TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
PART I--CRIMES
CHAPTER 63--MAIL FRAUD
Sec. 1344. Bank fraud
Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or
artifice--
(1) to defraud a financial institution; or
(2) 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;
shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30
years, or both.
(Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 1108(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat.
2147; amended Pub. L. 101-73, title IX, Sec. 961(k), Aug. 9, 1989, 103
Stat. 500; Pub. L. 101-647, title XXV, Sec. 2504(j), Nov. 29, 1990, 104
Stat. 4861.)
