18 U.S.C. § 477
Possessing or selling impressions of tools used for obligations or securities
Whoever, with intent to defraud, possesses, keeps, safeguards, or controls, without authority from the United States, any imprint, stamp, analog, digital, or electronic image, or impression, taken or made upon any substance or material whatsoever, of any tool, implement, instrument or thing, used, fitted or intended to be used, for any of the purposes mentioned in section 476 of this title; or
Whoever, with intent to defraud, sells, gives, or delivers any such imprint, stamp, analog, digital, or electronic image, or impression to any other person—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 25 years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1966–2005 · leading case: United States v. Ira Marvin Dickey
United States v. Ira Marvin Dickey (1991)
“LEAVY, Circuit Judge: On January 4, 1989, Ira Marvin Dickey was indicted on three counts of violating federal currency laws: possession of an engraved plate for the printing of counterfeit $20 bills ( 18 U.S.C. § 477 ), printing of counterfeit $20 bills ( 18 U.”
Mark Richards v. John Ashcroft (2005)
“18 U.S.C. §§ 477 , 480 (criminalizing possession of specified forged instruments); Cal.”
Mt. Vernon Cooperative Bank v. Gleason (1966)
“18 U.S.C. §§ 477 , 478, 479, 480, 482, 483, 499, or 500.”
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