U.S. Code » Title 18 » Part PART I— CRIMES › Chapter CHAPTER 73— OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE

18 U.S.C. § 1518

Obstruction of criminal investigations of health care offenses

Read at: OLRCuscode.house.gov CornellLII GovInfogovinfo.gov JustiaTitle 18 CasesGoogle Scholar
(a) Whoever willfully prevents, obstructs, misleads, delays or attempts to prevent, obstruct, mislead, or delay the communication of information or records relating to a violation of a Federal health care offense to a criminal investigator shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.(b) As used in this section the term “criminal investigator” means any individual duly authorized by a department, agency, or armed force of the United States to conduct or engage in investigations for prosecutions for violations of health care offenses.(Added Pub. L. 104–191, title II, § 245(a), Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2017.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 35 cases (9 in the last 5 years), 1990–2025 · leading case: United States v. Carolyn Sue Davis (06-5073) & Otis Davis (06-5074), 490 F.3d 541 (6th Cir. 2007).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
United States v. Carolyn Sue Davis (06-5073) & Otis Davis (06-5074), 490 F.3d 541 (6th Cir. 2007). · cites it 3× “§ 1347 (1) and (2), and one count of obstruction of a criminal investigation involving federal healthcare offenses, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1518 (a). Ms. Davis asserts that the trial court erred in (1) excluding evidence that oxygen received by certain miners named in the…”
Pugin v. Garland, 599 U.S. 600 (2023). “528 , 547 (2015) (plurality opinion); see also 18 U. S. C. § 1518 (proscribing acts to ob- struct the communication of certain information to criminal investigators).”
United States v. Smart, 278 F.3d 1168 (10th Cir. 2002). · cites it 3× “§ 1341 (relating to mail fraud) and 18 U.S.C. § 1518 (obstruction of criminal investigation of health care offenses).”
United States v. Ogba, 526 F.3d 214 (5th Cir. 2008). “Count Twenty-Two, Obstruction of Criminal Investigation of Health Care Offense (Violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1518 ), charged Antoon. Count Twenty-Three, Alteration or Falsification of Records in Federal Investigation (Violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Franklin-El, 555 F.3d 1115 (10th Cir. 2009). “18 U.S.C. § 1518 . Defendant contends the government failed to establish willfulness or intent.”
United States v. Franklin-El, 554 F.3d 903 (10th Cir. 2009). “” 18 U.S.C. § 1518 (a). Defendant contends the government failed to establish willfulness.”
Ahmed v. Sebelius, 710 F. Supp. 2d 167 (D. Mass. 2010). · cites it 3× “The decision, rendered by the Appellate Division of the Departmental Appeals Board (“DAB”), was based on Ahmed’s felony conviction for obstruction of a criminal investigation into health care offenses in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1518 . The Secretary, in support of this final…”
United States v. VanMeter, 278 F.3d 1156 (10th Cir. 2002). “§ 1320 (fraud relating to health care programs), and 18 U.S.C. § 1518 (obstruction of criminal investigation of health care offenses).”
United States v. Sergius A. Rinaldi, 461 F.3d 922 (7th Cir. 2006). “§ 1341 , and obstruction of justice, 18 U.S.C. § 1518 . The plea was accepted by the court, and judgement was entered on March 25, 2002.”
United States v. Darrel Simpson Robert Anderson James Freeman, 927 F.2d 1088 (9th Cir. 1991). “We reverse the judgment of the district court and remand with instructions that it reinstate the indictment. . The district court did find that the FBI agents filed a deliberately misleading affidavit to establish the necessity of a wiretap, violating 18 U.”
United States v. Victor Johnson, Michael Joiner, & Melvin Buford, 903 F.2d 1084 (7th Cir. 1990). “See 18 U.S.C. § 1518 (a). The defendants do not contend that the government failed to show that they used physical force against Tetter, in violation of section 1512(b), or that they caused Tetter to suffer bodily harm, in violation of section 1513(a).”
Pugin v. Garland, 599 U.S. 600 (2023). “528 , 547 (2015) (plurality opinion); see also 18 U. S. C. §1518 (proscribing acts to obstruct the communication of certain information to criminal investigators).”
Show all 35 citing cases →
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.