18 U.S.C. § 912
Officer or employee of the United States
Whoever falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the United States or any department, agency or officer thereof, and acts as such, or in such pretended character demands or obtains any money, paper, document, or thing of value, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 303
cases (43 in the last 5 years), 1948–2026 · leading case: United States v. Roe, 606 F.3d 180 (4th Cir. 2010).
United States v. Roe, 606 F.3d 180 (4th Cir. 2010). “OPINION AGEE, Circuit Judge: John Alvin Roe was convicted of one count of impersonating an officer or employee of the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 912 . On appeal, Roe contends the district court erred in the admission of certain testimony, in determining the…”
United States v. Alvarez, 132 S. Ct. 2537 (2012). “Title 18 U. S. C. §912 , for ex- ample, prohibits impersonating an officer or employee of the United States.”
United States v. Douglas Chappell, 691 F.3d 388 (4th Cir. 2012). “2-174 has a "plainly legitimate sweep" and that "circumstances exist[] under which [the statute] would be valid" because the Supreme Court has said so in Alvarez itself: all nine justices affirmed that the federal officer impersonation statute, 18 U.S.C. § 912 , is…”
United States v. Maria Romero, 293 F.3d 1120 (9th Cir. 2002). “Maria Romero appeals the sentence imposed following her guilty plea to False Personation of an Officer or Employee of the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 912 . Romero defrauded immigrants by posing as an employee of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (“INS”)…”
United States v. Susan Tomsha-Miguel, 766 F.3d 1041 (9th Cir. 2014). “TOMSHA-MIGUEL SUMMARY* Criminal Law The panel affirmed a conviction for impersonating an officer or employee of the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 912 , in a case in which the defendant, the proprietor of a tax services business center, in an attempt to assuage the…”
United States v. Brett C. Kimberlin, 781 F.2d 1247 (7th Cir. 1985). “The other four counts on which the jury convicted defendant charged that defendant had falsely impersonated a Department of Defense police officer, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 912 (1976). The district court sentenced defendant to consecutive three-year sentences on the section…”
United States v. McGarity, 669 F.3d 1218 (11th Cir. 2012). “In Gayle, two men were arrested for impersonating a federal officer and acting as such, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 912 . After conviction, they appealed, contending that the underlying indictment was insufficient because 1) it "failed to allege that the defendants acted *1237…”
United States v. Don Lyndall Robbins, 613 F.2d 688 (8th Cir. 1979). “Following a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Western District of Arkansas, defendant Don Lyndall Robbins was convicted of impersonating an FBI agent in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 912 . 1 The defendant appeals, alleging first that the indictment and evidence…”
United States v. Joseph Ziegler, 1 F.4th 219 (4th Cir. 2021). “18 U.S.C. § 912 . 1 The first count alleged that Ziegler falsely impersonated an Assistant United States Attorney to the deputies and 1 “Whoever falsely assumes or pretends to be an officer or employee acting under the authority of the United States or any department, agency or…”
United States v. Derrick Cornelius Gayle, Claude Bertram Hester, 967 F.2d 483 (11th Cir. 1992). “KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge: Claude Bertram Hester and Derrick Cornelius Gayle were convicted of impersonating federal officers in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 912 . Both men challenged their convictions, contending that the indictment was insufficient because it failed to allege an…”
United States v. Michael Bonin, 932 F.3d 523 (7th Cir. 2019). “Bonin's ruse resulted in an indictment under 18 U.S.C. § 912 . That statute makes it a crime to impersonate an officer or employee of the United States.”
United States of Am. v. Modesto Gonzalez, 250 F.3d 923 (5th Cir. 2001). “FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On November 21, 1997, pursuant to a plea agreement, Defendant-Appellant Modesto Gonzalez pleaded guilty to three counts of impersonating an officer or employee of the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 912 . On January 29, 1998, the…”
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