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18 U.S.C. § 286

Conspiracy to defraud the Government with respect to claims

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Whoever enters into any agreement, combination, or conspiracy to defraud the United States, or any department or agency thereof, by obtaining or aiding to obtain the payment or allowance of any false, fictitious or fraudulent claim, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

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Cited in 347 cases (30 in the last 5 years), 1938–2026 · leading case: United States v. Dedman, 527 F.3d 577 (6th Cir. 2008).
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United States v. Dedman, 527 F.3d 577 (6th Cir. 2008). · cites it 18× “Dedman appeals her conviction on the counts of conspiracy to defraud the United States Department of Defense, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 286 , and making material false statements to a federal agent, in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Mahendra Pratap Gupta, 463 F.3d 1182 (11th Cir. 2006). · cites it 7× “SILER, Circuit Judge: Individual defendant Mahendra Pratap Gupta, a private health care consultant, appeals from a criminal conviction for con *1186 spiracy to submit false claims to the United States, 18 U.S.C. § 286 , and two convictions for mail fraud, 18 U.”
United States v. Lineten Belizaire, 774 F.3d 711 (11th Cir. 2014). · cites it 7× “Earnest and Earl were convicted of conspiracy^ commit fraud against the government with respect to claims in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 286 , conspiracy to use unauthorized access devices in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Okoronkwo, 46 F.3d 426 (5th Cir. 1995). · cites it 7× “§ 287 (aiding and abetting the filing of false tax returns) and/or 18 U.S.C. § 286 (conspiracy to defraud the U.”
United States v. Gupta, 572 F.3d 878 (11th Cir. 2009). · cites it 4× “The district court dismissed 13 counts of the indictment, which left only one count of conspiracy to defraud Medicare, 18 U.S.C. § 286 , and two counts of mail fraud, id.”
United States v. Steven Latin, 800 F.3d 872 (7th Cir. 2015). · cites it 6× “A jury convicted all three of conspiracy to file false claims in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 286 and filing false claims upon an agency of the United States in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Sedore, 512 F.3d 819 (6th Cir. 2008). · cites it 4× “BACKGROUND This action arises out of the sentencing of Defendant for one count of conspiracy to defraud the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 286 ; and one count of identity theft in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Antony Michael Upton, Santa Barbara Castle Dev. Corp., A/K/A Castle Constr. Corp., & Ronald R. Barrick, 91 F.3d 677 (5th Cir. 1996). · cites it 5× “DeMOSS, Circuit Judge: Ronald Barrick, Antony Upton and Santa Barbara Castle Development Corporation, a/li/a Castle Construction Corporation, were convicted on numerous counts of conspiring to defraud the United States Air Force in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 286 , and for…”
United States v. Frantz Pierre, 825 F.3d 1183 (11th Cir. 2016). · cites it 2× “Specifically, Count 1 charged all three with conspiracy to defraud the IRS, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 286 ; Count 2 charged all three with conspiracy to traffic in or use unauthorized access devices, in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Lambert, 498 F.3d 963 (9th Cir. 2007). · cites it 4× “Lambert appeals the sentence imposed following his guilty plea to *965 conspiracy to defraud the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 286 , arising from his submission of, and payment for, invoices to the Fort Peck Indian Tribes Education Department (“Education…”
United States v. Terry Lanier, Samuel Stevens, Carl Jamerson, 920 F.2d 887 (11th Cir. 1991). · cites it 6× “§ 371 ; that they conspired to defraud the United States by obtaining payment of false claims, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 286 ; that they stole government property, in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Jeffery W. Gieger Tracie L. Gieger, 190 F.3d 661 (5th Cir. 1999). · cites it 4× “Gieger (the “Giegers”) challenge on a number of grounds their convictions for conspiracy to submit false claims to Medicare in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 286 . For the reasons that follow, we affirm their convictions.”
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