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18 U.S.C. § 35

Imparting or conveying false information

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(a) Whoever imparts or conveys or causes to be imparted or conveyed false information, knowing the information to be false, concerning an attempt or alleged attempt being made or to be made, to do any act which would be a crime prohibited by this chapter or chapter 97 or chapter 111 of this title shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 which shall be recoverable in a civil action brought in the name of the United States.(b) Whoever willfully and maliciously, or with reckless disregard for the safety of human life, imparts or conveys or causes to be imparted or conveyed false information, knowing the information to be false, concerning an attempt or alleged attempt being made or to be made, to do any act which would be a crime prohibited by this chapter or chapter 97 or chapter 111 of this title—shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.(Added July 14, 1956, ch. 595, § 1, 70 Stat. 540; amended Pub. L. 87–338, Oct. 3, 1961, 75 Stat. 751; Pub. L. 89–64, July 7, 1965, 79 Stat. 210; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)Editorial NotesAmendments

1994—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–322 substituted “fined under this title” for “fined not more than $5,000”.

1965—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–64 substituted “subject to a civil penalty of not more than $1,000 which shall be recoverable in a civil action brought in the name of the United States” for “fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned not more than one year, or both”.

1961—Pub. L. 87–338 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), struck out “willfully” before “imparts or conveys”, and added subsec. (b).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 64 cases (20 in the last 5 years), 1957–2026 · leading case: United States v. Hassouneh, 199 F.3d 175 (4th Cir. 2000).
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United States v. Hassouneh, 199 F.3d 175 (4th Cir. 2000). · cites it 9× “Hassouneh was prosecuted under 18 U.S.C.A. § 35 (b) (West Supp.1999), a felony provision, which requires the Government to prove that an offender acted “willfully and maliciously, or with reckless disregard for the safety of human life.”
United States v. Gray, 780 F.3d 458 (1st Cir. 2015). · cites it 9× “Prior to its amendment in 1961, 18 U.S.C. § 35 was a misdemeanor statute that punished those who willfully and knowingly imparted false information concerning a bomb threat.”
United States v. Dorian Williams, 690 F.3d 1056 (8th Cir. 2012). · cites it 5× “Dorian Williams appeals from his conviction and sentence for conveying false information about bombing a commercial aircraft in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 35 (b) and conveying a threat and false information in interstate commerce about the destruction of life and property by…”
United States v. Mark William Cothran, 286 F.3d 173 (3d Cir. 2002). · cites it 3× “1 to, inter alia, violations of 18 U.S.C. § 35 (b). U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual, app.”
United States v. Kim Rolene Sweet, 985 F.2d 443 (8th Cir. 1993). · cites it 5× “Kim Rolene Sweet was convicted of making a false bomb threat concerning a Northwest Airlines passenger plane pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 35 (b). The district court 1 sentenced her to a 30-month term of imprisonment.”
United States v. Roubini Omirly, 488 F.2d 353 (4th Cir. 1973). · cites it 20× “§§ 1472 (Z) and (m)(l) involves the interrelation of that statute with Title 18 U.S.C. § 35 (a) and requires an examination of the legislative history of the two acts.”
United States v. Lamons, 532 F.3d 1251 (11th Cir. 2008). · cites it 2× “9 Count 4 charged Lamons with willfully and maliciously conveying false information concerning a false threat to AirTran Flight 278, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 35 (b). 10 And finally, Count 5 charged Lamons with *1260 willfully and maliciously using a cellular telephone in…”
United States v. Bobby Richard White, 475 F.2d 1228 (4th Cir. 1973). · cites it 11× “§ 32 , in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 35 (b). 2 We affirm. Shortly after midnight on the 17th of June, 1971, White entered a Piedmont Airlines jet which was parked for the night in the airport in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.”
United States v. Flavio David Mendoza, 244 F.3d 1037 (9th Cir. 2001). “Count two charged him with willfully, maliciously, and with reckless disregard for human life conveying false information, knowing the information to be false concerning an attempt or alleged attempt to destroy an aircraft in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 35 (b). Count three charged…”
Shirley Kramer v. Tom Price, 712 F.2d 174 (5th Cir. 1983). “18 U.S.C. § 35 (1976). . 15 U.S.C. § 1692 (d) (Supp.”
United States v. Dr. Luther Lewis Ashley, Jr., 569 F.2d 975 (5th Cir. 1978). “16 And Count IV charged the sending of false information in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 35 (b). 17 Under the concurrent sentence doctrine, it is unnecessary to reach a claim of multiplicity when there is no enhanced sentence as a result of the multiple counts and the submission of…”
United States v. Castagana, 604 F.3d 1160 (9th Cir. 2010). “, 18 U.S.C. § 35 (b) (requiring that a false bomb *1165 threat on an airplane be made “willfully and maliciously, or with reckless disregard for the safety of human life”); 18 U.”
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United States v. Roubini Omirly, 488 F.2d 353 (4th Cir. 1973). “§§ 1472 (Z) and (m)(l) involves the interrelation of that statute with Title 18 U.S.C. § 35 (a) and requires an examination of the legislative history of the two acts.”
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