18 U.S.C. § 501

Postage stamps, postage meter stamps, and postal cards

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Whoever forges or counterfeits any postage stamp, postage meter stamp, or any stamp printed upon any stamped envelope, or postal card, or any die, plate, or engraving thereof; or

Whoever makes or prints, or knowingly uses or sells, or possesses with intent to use or sell, any such forged or counterfeited postage stamp, postage meter stamp, stamped envelope, postal card, die, plate, or engraving; or

Whoever makes, or knowingly uses or sells, or possesses with intent to use or sell, any paper bearing the watermark of any stamped envelope, or postal card, or any fraudulent imitation thereof; or

Whoever makes or prints, or authorizes to be made or printed, any postage stamp, postage meter stamp, stamped envelope, or postal card, of the kind authorized and provided by the Post Office Department or by the Postal Service, without the special authority and direction of the Department or Postal Service; or

Whoever after such postage stamp, postage meter stamp, stamped envelope, or postal card has been printed, with intent to defraud, delivers the same to any person not authorized by an instrument in writing, duly executed under the hand of the Postmaster General and the seal of the Post Office Department or the Postal Service, to receive it—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 22 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1966–2022 · leading case: Alphonse Castaldi v. United States

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Alphonse Castaldi v. United States (1986) ca8 · cites it 7× “Pursuant to a plea-bargaining agreement, Petitioner pled guilty to three counts of a four-count indictment charging that he and three other persons counterfeited United States postage stamps (with a face value of approximately $250,000) in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 501 . The…”

United States v. Bradley Matheny (2022) ca8 · cites it 3× “Bradley Matheny was convicted on seven counts of forging or counterfeiting postage meter stamps in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 501 and three counts of smuggling in violation of 18 U.”

United States v. Fruchter (2000) nysd · cites it 7× “Count Sixteen charges Defendants Steven Fruchter (“Steven Fruchter”), Philip Fruchter (“Philip Fruchter”) and Lawrence Braun (“Braun”) with postage meter fraud in vio *295 lation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 501 and 502. Count Seventeen charges Steven Fruchter with postage meter fraud in…”

United States v. James Arthur Charlton, Franklin N. Jacek, A/K/A Frank Royce, James Francis Swartz (1977) ca6 · cites it 2× “This is an appeal by three defendants convicted of forging and counterfeiting fifty-cent postage stamps worth approximately $200,000, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 501 and 2. 1 Of the numerous grounds asserted for reversal, only one merits extended treatment.”

Augustus John Camelio v. American Federation, Etc. (1998) ca1 “Misappropriation of Funds Claims Camelio claims that nine of the fourteen individual defendants misappropriated union funds in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 501 (e) by taking such funds for personal use and causing union money to be paid for legal services that were never rendered.”

United States v. Pasquale Cioffi and Eugene Robert Ciuzio (1973) ca2 · cites it 3× “*495 FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge: Count 1 of the indictment in this case charged that, appellants Cioffi and Ciu-zio “knowingly did possess with intent to use and sell, approximately four hundred forged and counterfeited postage stamps of the denomination of six cents” in violation…”

United States v. Norman Anthony King, AKA Norm King, AKA Norman August Klause (2001) ca9 “§ 1341 ), one count of using a counterfeit postage meter stamp (in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 501 ) and nine counts of money laundering (in violation of 18 U.”

Alvin Bobb v. Attorney General of the United States (2006) ca3 “He was subsequently charged with forging endorsements on treasury checks, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 501 (a)(2). Bobb pleaded guilty and was sentenced by the District Court on October 21, 1999, to a term of imprisonment of four months.”

United States v. Keith M. Freisinger (1991) ca8 “2d at 122-23 ("each counterfeiting of a different denomination of postage stamps is an allowable unit of prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 501 ,” which prohibits the counterfeiting of "any postage stamp”).”

United States v. Bernard Gelb (1989) ca2 “with intent to avoid payment of lawful postage,” and 18 U.S.C. § 501 (1982), which criminalizes “forg[ing] or counterfeit[ing] any .”

Axxiom Manufacturing, Inc. v. McCoy Investments, Inc. (2012) txsd “d/b/a Forecast Sales (“Forecast”), alleging copyright infringement, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 501 ; unfair competition, in violation of the Lanham Act, 15 U.”

United States v. Juan Manuel Sanchez-Vargas (1989) ca9 “1986) (use of term “any postage stamp” in 18 U.S.C. § 501 rendered statute ambiguous); United States v.”

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