18 U.S.C. § 1920
False statement or fraud to obtain Federal employees’ compensation
Whoever knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up a material fact, or makes a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, or makes or uses a false statement or report knowing the same to contain any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry in connection with the application for or receipt of compensation or other benefit or payment under subchapter I or III of chapter 81 of title 5, shall be guilty of perjury, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine under this title, or by imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both; but if the amount of the benefits falsely obtained does not exceed $1,000, such person shall be punished by a fine under this title, or by imprisonment for not more than 1 year, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 111
cases (14 in the last 5 years), 1982–2026 · leading case: United States v. Webber, 536 F.3d 584 (7th Cir. 2008).
United States v. Webber, 536 F.3d 584 (7th Cir. 2008). “Webber was charged with seven counts of making false statements to obtain federal employees’ compensation benefits, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1920 . A jury convicted her on all seven counts.”
United States v. Albert Tupone, 442 F.3d 145 (3rd Cir. 2006). “Albert Tupone appeals his felony conviction for making false representations in connection with the receipt of federal workers’ compensation benefits, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1920 . Although Tupone and the Government agree that this case should be remanded for resentencing…”
United States v. Henry, 164 F.3d 1304 (10th Cir. 1999). “A jury convicted Charles Gary Henry of four counts of filing false statements to obtain federal workers compensation benefits in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1920 , and acquitted him of one count of making a false statement in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Harms, 442 F.3d 367 (5th Cir. 2006). “§ 1341 , 1 and three counts of perjury for the purpose of obtaining workers’ compensation benefits, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1920 , 2 based on 1032 forms Harms submitted to the DOL via the United States Postal Service in 1999, 2000, and 2001.”
United States v. Joseph Catone, Jr., 769 F.3d 866 (4th Cir. 2014). “, of one count of making a false statement in connection with his receipt of federal workers’ compensation benefits, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1920 . The district court imposed a sixteen-month term of imprisonment and ordered Catone to pay restitution in the amount of $106,411.”
United States v. Patrice Daliberti Hurn, 368 F.3d 1359 (11th Cir. 2004). “On September 18, 2002, a federal grand jury indicted Hurn for three counts of violating 18 U.S.C. § 1920 , which prohibits making false statements in connection with federal worker’s compensation programs.”
United States v. Lawrence Waldren, 431 F. App'x 374 (6th Cir. 2011). “He argues that 1) the evidence was insufficient to convict him; 2) the district court erred in omitting an essential element of the crime from the jury instructions; and 3) the district court erred in calculating restitution. We affirm with respect to Waldren’s conviction, but…”
United States v. Sean Eric Slaton, 801 F.3d 1308 (11th Cir. 2015). “In March 2013, Slaton was charged by indictment with 33 crimes: 8 counts of making false statements to obtain federal worker’s compensation, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1920 and 2 (Counts 1-8); 24 counts of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Karen Anderson-Bagshaw, 509 F. App'x 396 (6th Cir. 2012). “” 3 18 U.S.C. § 1920 provides in relevant part: “Whoever knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up a material fact, or makes a false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, .”
United States v. Wells, 519 U.S. 482 (1997). “§ 1712 (penalizing falsification of postal returns to increase compensation); 18 U. S. C. § 1920 (penalizing false statement to obtain Federal employees' compensation); 18 U.”
United States v. Prentice Harold Dawkins, 202 F.3d 711 (4th Cir. 2000). “OPINION WILKINS, Circuit Judge: Prentice Harold Dawkins was convicted by a jury of two counts of making a false statement to obtain federal employee’s compensation in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 1920 (West Supp.1999). He was sentenced to 15 months incarceration and was ordered to…”
United States v. Chikosi Legins, 34 F.4th 304 (4th Cir. 2022). “In Catone, the defendant was charged and convicted of making false statements relating to federal benefits, violating 18 U.S.C. § 1920 . 769 F.3d at 869 . Under that statute, if the “benefits falsely obtained” exceed $1,000, the defendant is guilty of a felony punishable by up…”
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