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18 U.S.C. § 651

Disbursing officer falsely certifying full payment

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Whoever, being an officer charged with the disbursement of the public moneys, accepts, receives, or transmits to the Government Accountability Office to be allowed in his favor any receipt or voucher from a creditor of the United States without having paid the full amount specified therein to such creditor in such funds as the officer received for disbursement, or in such funds as he may be authorized by law to take in exchange, shall be fined under this title or in double the amount so withheld, whichever is greater, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both; but if the amount withheld does not exceed $1,000, he shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 20 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1930–2023 · leading case: Curreri v. Vice, 77 F.2d 130 (9th Cir. 1935).
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Curreri v. Vice, 77 F.2d 130 (9th Cir. 1935). · cites it 6× “§ 5270 (18 USCA § 651), controlling the consideration of evidence by a United States Commissioner entertaining an application for extradition under the Webster-Ashburton Treaty of 1842.”
United States of Am., Cross-Appellant v. Jack Leroy Gallardo, Cross-Appellee, 773 F.2d 1496 (9th Cir. 1985). · cites it 2× “§ 1951 (1982), and embezzlement from a savings and loan association, 18 U.S.C. § 651 (1982). The district court dismissed Gallardo’s indictment based upon violation of the STA’s 70-day indictment-to-trial limitation provision, 18 U.”
President of United States ex rel. Caputo v. Kelly, 19 F. Supp. 730 (S.D.N.Y. 1937). · cites it 4× “18 U.S.C. § 651 ( 18 U.S.C.A. § 651 ). At the termination of the hearing on May 7, 1937, the Commissioner rendered his decision as follows: “After carefully weighing the evidence and looking into the law in the premises I find that Gennéro Caputo,1 with various aliases, is the…”
State v. Parrish, 5 So. 2d 828 (Ala. 1941). “, under section 5270 of the Revised Statutes [ 18 U.S.C.A. §§ 651 , 652], The official character of this officer must be taken as sufficient evidence of his authority, and, as the government he represented was the real party interested in resisting the discharge, the appeal was…”
United States v. Rebecca Ann Smith, United States of Am. v. Clifford Rickard Arthur, 683 F.2d 1236 (9th Cir. 1982). “§ 661 (1976) and 18 U.S.C. § 651 (1976), and these sentences are not distinguishable in any significant way from the § 5010(d) sentences handed out in Dorszynski .”
Ex Parte Davis, 54 F.2d 723 (9th Cir. 1931). · cites it 2× “While we do not go behind his certificate on a writ of habeas corpus to determine the correctness of his conclusions, it may be said that the evidence shows probable cause. In addition to the testimony of eyewitnesses, evidence was introduced before the commissioner to show the…”
Boyd v. Wilmington Trust Co., 630 F. Supp. 2d 379 (D. Del. 2009). “§ 650 17 , 18 U.S.C. § 651 18 , 18 U.S.C. § 652 19 , 18 U.”
President of the United States ex rel. Caputo v. Kelly, 92 F.2d 603 (2d Cir. 1937). · cites it 3× “Section 5270 of the Revised Statutes ( 18 U.S.C.A. § 651 ) provides that the judicial officers therein specified may act “upon complaint made under oath.”
Lui Kin-Hong v. United States, 926 F. Supp. 1180 (D. Mass. 1996). “§ 5270, appears as 18 U.S.C. § 651 (1940 ed.), and was codified in substantially its present form in 1948, 62 Stat.”
Laubenheimer v. Factor, 61 F.2d 626 (7th Cir. 1932). · cites it 8× “On behalf of appellants herein it was contended that the facts alleged in the motion and its supporting affidavit, if admitted to be true, did not warrant the granting of the motion.”
Cleugh v. Strakosch, 109 F.2d 330 (9th Cir. 1940). “” In the United States, extradition was at all pertinent times, and is now, regulated by § 5270 of the Revised Statutes, 18 U.S.C.A. § 651 , which provides: “Whenever there -is a treaty * * * for extradition between the Government of the United States and any foreign government,…”
Vaccaro v. Collier, 38 F.2d 862 (D. Md. 1930). · cites it 2× “In this proceeding the Commissioner acted under section 5270 of tbe Revised Statutes (18 USCA § 651), which provides as follows: “Whenever there is a treaty or convention for extradition between tbe Government of tbe United States and any foreign government, any justice of tbe…”
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