18 U.S.C. § 658

Property mortgaged or pledged to farm credit agencies

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Whoever, with intent to defraud, knowingly conceals, removes, disposes of, or converts to his own use or to that of another, any property mortgaged or pledged to, or held by, the Farm Credit Administration, any Federal intermediate credit bank, or the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation, the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Farmers Home Administration or successor agency, the Rural Development Administration or successor agency, any production credit association organized under sections 1131–1134m of Title 12, any regional agricultural credit corporation, or any bank for cooperatives, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both; but if the value of such property 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 64 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1956–2021 · leading case: United States v. Darwin G. Rice
United States v. Darwin G. Rice (2006) ca8 · cites it 4× “§ 1001 (a) and converting property mortgaged or pledged to a farm credit agency in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 658 . Following the verdicts, Rice moved for a judgment of acquittal and for a new trial.”
United States v. Lawrence Wayne Garth (1985) ca5 · cites it 7× “In particular, the jury found appellant Lawrence Wayne Garth guilty of five counts 2 of conversion, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 658 and 2. 3 All five counts alleged the conversion to his own use of property mortgaged to the Farmers Home Administration (“FmHA”).”
United States v. Leland L. Studley (1989) ca7 · cites it 4× “Studley appeals from his conviction for knowingly disposing of property pledged to the Farmers Home Administration, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 658 and 2. We affirm. I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND Leland L.”
United States v. Gary A. Edgmon and Jimmy W. Edgmon (1991) ca10 · cites it 3× “”) each of four counts of conversion of Farmers’ Home Administration collateral in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 658 and one count of conspiracy to convert in violation of 18 U.”
United States of America, Appellee/cross v. Larry R. Williams, Appellant/cross (1991) ca8 · cites it 4× “The first case (the cattle case) deals with Williams’ conviction of six counts of selling cattle and timber that had been pledged as collateral to the Farmers’ Home Administration (FmHA), in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 658 . The district court sentenced Williams to twenty-four…”
United States v. Della M. Archambault (1985) ca8 · cites it 7× “Archambault (hereinafter referred to as defendant) was convicted by a jury on six counts of knowingly concealing, removing, disposing of, or converting to her own use or that of another, with intent to defraud, cattle mortgaged or pledged to the Farmers Home Administration…”
United States v. Wayburn D. Sanders (1987) ca8 · cites it 4× “A jury convicted him on three counts of criminal conversion in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 658 and one count of making a false statement to a government agency in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Joe E. Grissom (1981) ca5 · cites it 2× “GRISSOM GETS BEANED: THE DISTRICT COURT’S JURY INSTRUCTIONS The statute under which Grissom was convicted, 18 U.S.C.A. § 658 (West 1976), provides, in pertinent part: Whoever, with intent to defraud, knowingly conceals, removes, disposes of, or converts to his own use or to that…”
United States v. Marvin J. Porter (1988) ca8 · cites it 6× “Porter appeals from a district court 1 judgment entered on a jury verdict convicting him of knowingly concealing a mortgaged 2-135 White diesel tractor with intent to defraud the Green Hills Production Credit Association (PCA) in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 658 . 2 Porter…”
Neal v. Wilson (1994) ark · cites it 2× “§ 371 , forty counts of knowingly disposing of property mortgaged to a government agency in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 658 , and seven counts of unlawfully converting to his own use money belonging to the United States in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Jimmie L. Wilson (1986) ca8 · cites it 3× “§ 871 , of forty counts of knowingly disposing of property mortgaged to a government agency, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 658 , and of seven counts of unlawfully converting to his own use money of the United States, in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. James Larry Dobbs (1995) ca5 · cites it 2× “After a criminal referral by the FmHA, Dobbs was indicted on one count of disposing of FmHA collateral in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 658 , two counts of bank fraud in violation of 18 U.”
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