18 U.S.C. § 493

Bonds and obligations of certain lending agencies

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Whoever falsely makes, forges, counterfeits or alters any note, bond, debenture, coupon, obligation, instrument, or writing in imitation or purporting to be in imitation of, a note, bond, debenture, coupon, obligation, instrument or writing, issued by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, National Credit Union Administration, Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, Farm Credit Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, or any land bank, intermediate credit bank, insured credit union, bank for cooperatives or any lending, mortgage, insurance, credit or savings and loan corporation or association authorized or acting under the laws of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.

Whoever passes, utters, or publishes, or attempts to pass, utter or publish any note, bond, debenture, coupon, obligation, instrument or document knowing the same to have been falsely made, forged, counterfeited or altered, contrary to the provisions of this section, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 12 cases, 1936–2020 · leading case: Lowe v. Viewpoint Bank, 972 F. Supp. 2d 947 (N.D. Tex. 2013).
Lowe v. Viewpoint Bank, 972 F. Supp. 2d 947 (N.D. Tex. 2013). · cites it 6× “3:13-CV-1091-K-BN, 2013 WL 1759521 , at *5 n. 1 (N.D.Tex. Apr. 5, 2013), rec.”
Williams v. United States, 458 U.S. 279 (1982). · cites it 2× “[5] In Title 18, Congress has provided comprehensive criminal sanctions to protect federally insured institutions. See, e. g., 18 U.”
United States v. Michael Locklear, 97 F.3d 196 (7th Cir. 1996). · cites it 7× “See 18 U.S.C. §§ 493 , 2. However, the indictment did not allege one element of section 493: that M & I Bank was a financial institution “authorized and acting under the laws of the United States.”
United States v. Perry Reich, 479 F.3d 179 (2d Cir. 2007). “, 18 U.S.C. § 493 (prohibiting forgery of writings issued by certain federal lending agencies); 18 U.”
United States v. Leslie J. Webster, 125 F.3d 1024 (7th Cir. 1997). “3d at 199 (holding that the indictment was insufficient because it failed to allege an essential element of the offense under 18 U.S.C. § 493 ). Consequently, this indictment in the statutory form is sufficient.”
United States v. Dee Orlo Brake, 596 F.2d 337 (8th Cir. 1979). “Stuart presided, the defendant, Dee Orlo Brake, an Iowa farmer, was found guilty on a twenty count indictment charging violations of 18 U.S.C. § 493 . Specifically, the defendant was charged with having willfully and with intent to defraud forged the name of his father, Orlo W.”
United States v. Carl Martin Brandenfels, 522 F.2d 1259 (9th Cir. 1975). · cites it 2× “18 U.S.C. § 493 . 4 . 18 U.S.C. § 371 . 5 .”
United States v. Cowan, 116 F.3d 1360 (10th Cir. 1997). “§ 490 (prohibiting forgery of one and five cent coins); 18 U.S.C. § 493 (prohibiting forgery of writings issued by certain federal financial institutions); 18 U.”
United States v. Anthony Edward Anzalone & Angelo Rios, 626 F.2d 239 (2d Cir. 1980). “Thus, based on a fair reading of the words of the statute, the limited legislative history, the interpretation given the statute by Congress, and the apparent novelty of the Government’s claim, we conclude that the District of Columbia Armory Board bonds here involved were not…”
Anderson v. Rives, 85 F.2d 673 (D.C. Cir. 1936). “1147 , § 302 ( 18 U.S.C.A. § 493 ) At least two other acts permit a sentence of life imprisonment: “Whoever plunders, steals, or destroys any money, goods, merchandise, or other effects, from or belonging to any vessel in distress, or wrecked, lost, stranded, or cast away, upon…”
United States v. George Larsen (9th Cir. 2020). “See 18 U.S.C. § 493 . It was not plain error for the district court not to add a mens rea instruction going beyond the language of the statute.”
United States v. Alfred J. Conforti, 360 F.2d 930 (2d Cir. 1966). · cites it 2× “) documents in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 493 . The court sentenced him to concurrent sentences of one year and one day on each count, but suspended sentence and placed him on probation for six months on condition that the defendant, then a practicing attorney, resign from the…”
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