18 U.S.C. § 473
Dealing in counterfeit obligations or securities
Whoever buys, sells, exchanges, transfers, receives, or delivers any false, forged, counterfeited, or altered obligation or other security of the United States, with the intent that the same be passed, published, or used as true and genuine, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 164
cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1951–2026 · leading case: United States v. Danielle Lenise Brown, 752 F.3d 1344 (11th Cir. 2014).
United States v. Danielle Lenise Brown, 752 F.3d 1344 (11th Cir. 2014). “HULL, Circuit Judge: Defendant-Appellant Danielle Brown pled guilty to knowingly receiving 481 counterfeit United States Postal Money Orders from a foreign country with the intent to pass and publish these same counterfeit money orders as true, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 473 .…”
United States v. William T. Scott Linda D. Scott Ralph Ben-Schoter, 159 F.3d 916 (5th Cir. 1998). “§ 371 ), three counts of transferring false obligations of the United States ( 18 U.S.C.A. § 473 ), one count of bank fraud ( 18 U.”
United States v. Porter, 542 F.3d 1088 (5th Cir. 2008). “The Government gives no reason for defining the word "counterfeit" differently in section 473 than in the almost identical sections at issue heresections 471 and 472. The majority, however, does attempt to explain why Scott 's definition of "counterfeit" is exclusively…”
United States v. George William Blood (04-5101) & Stephen L. Crittenden (04-5261), 435 F.3d 612 (6th Cir. 2006). “Blood’s argument that conviction under § 513(a) requires that the defendant passed or attempted to pass the counterfeit security is misplaced because the cases he cites to support this argument refer not to a conviction for possession of counterfeit securities under § 513(a),…”
United States v. Bardul Taftsiou, United States of Am. v. James Taftsiou, AKA James Taft, AKA Gezim Taftsiou, James Taftsiou, 144 F.3d 287 (3rd Cir. 1998). “Count Four charged James Taftsiou with dealing in approximately *290 60 counterfeited $50 notes in Violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 473 and 2. Count Five charged Bardul Taftsiou with dealing in approximately 17 counterfeit $50 notes, also in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Leahy, 438 F.3d 328 (3rd Cir. 2006). “04-2912, after being arrested and charged for twice attempting to sell counterfeit money to a government informant, defendant Gregg pled guilty to two counts of dealing in counterfeit obligations in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 473 . Gregg was sentenced to six months in prison and…”
United States v. John D. Crowley A/K/A Jack Crowley, 529 F.2d 1066 (3rd Cir. 1976). “Crowley appeals from a judgment of sentence following his plea of guilty to one count of an indictment charging him with selling and delivering counterfeit obligations of the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 473 (1970). Defendant asserts that he was denied the right to…”
United States v. Matos-Rodriguez, 188 F.3d 1300 (11th Cir. 1999). “§ 471 , 1 selling counterfeit currency in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 473 , 2 possessing counterfeit currency in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. John Dietrich, 854 F.2d 1056 (7th Cir. 1988). “§ 371 and selling counterfeit notes in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 473 . Dietrich appeals his conviction on three grounds.”
United States v. Bernard Moore, 954 F.3d 1322 (11th Cir. 2020). “21 Case: 17-14370 Date Filed: 03/31/2020 Page: 22 of 32 Brown, the defendant was indicted for one count of receiving counterfeit money orders under 18 U.S.C. § 473 and one count of knowingly importing counterfeit money orders under 18 U.”
United States v. Stuart Steven Noble, 754 F.2d 1324 (7th Cir. 1985). “§ 871 , distribution of counterfeit money in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 473 , and aiding and abetting such distribution in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Washington, 549 F.3d 905 (3rd Cir. 2008). “On January 28, 2004, Washington was arrested for knowingly selling counterfeit federal reserve notes in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 473 . At the time of his arrest, Washington identified himself to the United States Secret Service as "Kennard Gregg" and provided Kennard Gregg's…”
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