18 U.S.C. § 2314

Transportation of stolen goods, securities, moneys, fraudulent State tax stamps, or articles used in counterfeiting

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Whoever transports, transmits, or transfers in interstate or foreign commerce any goods, wares, merchandise, securities or money, of the value of $5,000 or more, knowing the same to have been stolen, converted or taken by fraud; or

Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transports or causes to be transported, or induces any person or persons to travel in, or to be transported in interstate or foreign commerce in the execution or concealment of a scheme or artifice to defraud that person or those persons of money or property having a value of $5,000 or more; or

Whoever, with unlawful or fraudulent intent, transports in interstate or foreign commerce any falsely made, forged, altered, or counterfeited securities or tax stamps, knowing the same to have been falsely made, forged, altered, or counterfeited; or

Whoever, with unlawful or fraudulent intent, transports in interstate or foreign commerce any traveler’s check bearing a forged countersignature; or

Whoever, with unlawful or fraudulent intent, transports in interstate or foreign commerce, any tool, implement, or thing used or fitted to be used in falsely making, forging, altering, or counterfeiting any security or tax stamps, or any part thereof; or

Whoever transports, transmits, or transfers in interstate or foreign commerce any veterans’ memorial object, knowing the same to have been stolen, converted or taken by fraud—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. If the offense involves a pre-retail medical product (as defined in section 670) the punishment for the offense shall be the same as the punishment for an offense under section 670 unless the punishment under this section is greater. If the offense involves the transportation, transmission, or transfer in interstate or foreign commerce of veterans’ memorial objects with a value, in the aggregate, of less than $1,000, the defendant shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

This section shall not apply to any falsely made, forged, altered, counterfeited or spurious representation of an obligation or other security of the United States, or of an obligation, bond, certificate, security, treasury note, bill, promise to pay or bank note issued by any foreign government. This section also shall not apply to any falsely made, forged, altered, counterfeited, or spurious representation of any bank note or bill issued by a bank or corporation of any foreign country which is intended by the laws or usage of such country to circulate as money.

For purposes of this section the term “veterans’ memorial object” means a grave marker, headstone, monument, or other object, intended to permanently honor a veteran or mark a veteran’s grave, or any monument that signifies an event of national military historical significance.

Notes of Decisions

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State v. Hamdan (2013) la · cites it 19× “1(A)(1) due to his prior guilty plea in federal court to interstate transportation of stolen property, a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314 . Defendant then filed a motion to quash the habitual offender bill in which he contended that the predicate offense alleged by the state had no…”

Omari v. Gonzales (2005) ca5 · cites it 11× “” Count Two of the indictment charged the substantive offense of interstate transportation of stolen property contrary to 18 U.S.C. § 2314 . 2 The count consists in large part of an extensive table of airline ticket numbers, with corresponding dollar values, travel dates, and…”

Moskal v. United States (1990) scotus · cites it 8× “" 18 U. S. C. § 2314 (emphasis added). We conclude that he does.”

United States v. Lawrence W. Wright Lawrence Wright (2004) ca3 · cites it 13× “§ 371 ; three counts of causing the transportation of stolen property in interstate commerce (one count for each of the three checks for SSF funds), in violation of *241 18 U.S.C. §§ 2314 and § 2(b); four counts of money laundering, in 'violation of 18 U.”

United States v. All Assets Held at Bank Julius (2017) dcd · cites it 14× “The three offenses for which a part of the criminal conduct allegedly occurred in the United States are: interstate transportation and receipt of property stolen or taken by fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2314 and 2315 (First Claim); Hobbs Act extortion, in violation of 18…”

United States v. Capoccia (2007) ca2 · cites it 11× “Count One of the Second Superseding Indictment, which charged Ca-poccia with interstate transportation of stolen property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314 , did not charge Capoccia with any criminal conduct before that date, and any assets derived from that uncharged conduct did…”

United States v. Agrawal (2013) ca2 · cites it 10× “The court further reversed defendant’s NSPA conviction, holding that the code, stolen entirely in electronic form, was not tangible property, as necessary to qualify as “goods, wares, [or] merchandise” under 18 U.S.C. § 2314 . See id. at 76–79. While Aleynikov’s construction of…”

McElroy v. United States (1982) scotus · cites it 12× “The petitioner was convicted of two counts of transporting a forged security in interstate commerce in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 2314 . He challenges his conviction on the ground that the statute requires proof, concededly lacking at trial, that the securities had been forged…”

Dowling v. United States (1985) scotus · cites it 8× “" 18 U. S. C. § 2314 . In this case, we must determine whether the statute reaches the interstate transportation of "bootleg" phonorecords, "stolen, converted or taken by fraud" only in the sense that they were manufactured and distributed without the consent of the copyright…”

Nordahl v. State (2019) ga · cites it 6× “The record shows that Nordahl pleaded guilty to the crime of conspiracy, 18 USC § 371 , 17 in that he conspired to commit an offense against the United States, specifically, to violate 18 USC § 2314 as it pertains to the interstate transportation of stolen goods.”

United States v. Bradley (2011) ca11 · cites it 4× “In the present case, proof of an intent to engage in mail and wire fraud was necessary for the Government to obtain convictions on the counts alleging transportation of stolen goods in interstate commerce, 18 U.S.C. § 2314 , 60 and money laundering, 18 U.”

Wooten v. Cauley (2012) ca6 · cites it 4× “§ 371 ; interstate transportation of stolen goods, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2314 ; aiding and abetting, in violation of 18 U.”

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