18 U.S.C. § 1342
Fictitious name or address
Whoever, for the purpose of conducting, promoting, or carrying on by means of the Postal Service, any scheme or device mentioned in section 1341 of this title or any other unlawful business, uses or assumes, or requests to be addressed by, any fictitious, false, or assumed title, name, or address or name other than his own proper name, or takes or receives from any post office or authorized depository of mail matter, any letter, postal card, package, or other mail matter addressed to any such fictitious, false, or assumed title, name, or address, or name other than his own proper name, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 223
cases (26 in the last 5 years), 1954–2025 · leading case: United States v. Allen Perry Soape, Jr., 169 F.3d 257 (5th Cir. 1999).
United States v. Allen Perry Soape, Jr., 169 F.3d 257 (5th Cir. 1999). “§ 1029 (a)(5); (5) one count of using a fictitious name or address in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1342 ; and (6) three counts of using a false social security account number in violation of 42 U.”
United States v. Charles Tashjian, United States of Am. v. James Campbell, 660 F.2d 829 (1st Cir. 1981). “§ 1341 and one count of using a fictitious name in furtherance of mail fraud, contrary to 18 U.S.C. § 1342 . 1 As the principal grounds for reversal, the appellants assert, (a) that various counts of the indictment were impermissibly and prejudicially joined for a single trial…”
Iannelli v. United States, 420 U.S. 770 (1975). “18 U. S. C. § 1342 . [4] On the substantive counts, each petitioner was fined and sentenced to imprisonment and a subsequent term of probation.”
United States v. Kathleen Kremser Jones, 107 F.3d 1147 (6th Cir. 1997). “§ 1341 ; two counts of using a fictitious or false name in order to carry on a scheme to defraud by mail, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1342 ; one count of using an unauthorized access device, in violation of 18 U.”
Emerald Nkomo v. Attorney Gen. United States, 930 F.3d 129 (3rd Cir. 2019). “I A lawful permanent resident of the United States and a citizen of Zimbabwe, Nkomo was convicted in 2017 of conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1342 and 1349. This conviction is for an "aggravated felony," which makes Nkomo removable and ineligible for…”
United States v. Charles Hughes (88-1658), Luckett Larry (88-1659), Sanford Hoskow (88-1660), Basem Kandah (88-1661), & Dale Dudley (88-1751), 895 F.2d 1135 (6th Cir. 1990). “§ 1962 (d), two counts of mail fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1342 , and Medicaid fraud, in violation of 42 U.”
United States v. Edward P. Reddeck, 22 F.3d 1504 (10th Cir. 1994). “§ 1341 , and one count of using a fictitious and false name, under 18 U.S.C. § 1342 , in connection with his operation of a mail-correspondence university in Salt Lake City, Utah.”
United States v. Peter Adamo Appeal of Vincent Kearney, 534 F.2d 31 (3rd Cir. 1976). “§§ 1341 and 1342 (1971); 2 (III) use of false names *34 and addresses in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1342 . After denial of his motion for a judgment of acquittal notwithstanding the verdict, or in the alternative, for a new trial, Kearney was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment…”
Manual Enter., Inc. v. Day, 370 U.S. 478 (1962). “II) § 4005; (3) 18 U. S. C. § 1342 , making it a crime to conduct a fraudulent scheme by using a false name or address, also has a counterpart civil section empowering the Postmaster General, upon evidence satisfactory to him, to require proof of identity or to send such mail to…”
United States v. Carl N. Decicco, 899 F.2d 1531 (7th Cir. 1990). “§ 2314 and § 2 (Counts 1-4) and four counts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1342 and § 2 (Counts 5-8). In exchange for his plea, the government recommended in the plea agreement that he receive a sentence at the upper range of the applicable sentencing range based on…”
United States v. Donald Watkins, Jr., 42 F.4th 1278 (11th Cir. 2022). “§ 1349 , seven counts of wire fraud, in vio- lation of 18 U.S.C. § 1342 and § 1343, and two counts of bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Larry Lamont Bush, 404 F.3d 263 (4th Cir. 2005). “Count One of the indictment alleged that Bush used a false identity to defraud Arkansas National Bank in 1998 in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 1342 , 1344 (West 2000). Count Two alleged that Bush used a fake Social Security Number to obtain a car loan in violation of 42 U.”
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