Whoever unlawfully sells or disposes of a declaration of intention to become a citizen, certificate of naturalization, certificate of citizenship or copies or duplicates or other documentary evidence of naturalization or citizenship, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 25 years (if the offense was committed to facilitate an act of international terrorism (as defined in section 2331 of this title)), 20 years (if the offense was committed to facilitate a drug trafficking crime (as defined in section 929(a) of this title)), 10 years (in the case of the first or second such offense, if the offense was not committed to facilitate such an act of international terrorism or a drug trafficking crime), or 15 years (in the case of any other offense), or both.
Notes of Decisions
United States v. Richard Ramos Algarin (1978)
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“§ 1001 , and with selling a false birth certificate to Roman Acosta Acosta, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1427 . Roman Acosta Acosta, Dominga Vargas, Nicolas Garcia Garcia, and Iris Velasquez Aviles all testified on behalf of the Government.”
United States v. Jose Refugio Ramos (1988)
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“REAVLEY, Circuit Judge: Jose Refugio Ramos appeals his conviction on two counts of unlawfully selling documentary evidence of citizenship in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1427 . We affirm. I. On June 25,1986 Ramos agreed to obtain and sell, for $500, citizenship documents to Thomas…”
HPIL Holding, Inc. v. Haining Zhang (2024)
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“§ 1426 (relating to the reproduction of naturalization or citizenship papers), 18 U.S.C. § 1427 (relating to the sale of naturalization or citizenship papers), 18 U.”
United States v. Gutierrez (2008)
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“Defendant and appellant, Eleuterio Gutierrez, pled guilty to one count of selling of citizenship papers, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1427 , and two counts of aggravated identity theft, in violation of 18 U.”
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