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18 U.S.C. § 915

Foreign diplomats, consuls or officers

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Whoever, with intent to defraud within the United States, falsely assumes or pretends to be a diplomatic, consular or other official of a foreign government duly accredited as such to the United States and acts as such, or in such pretended character, demands or obtains or attempts to obtain any money, paper, document, or other thing of value, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 15 cases, 1964–2020 · leading case: United States v. Patrick Elie A/K/A Patrick Gerald Elie, A/K/A Marie Patrick Elie, 111 F.3d 1135 (4th Cir. 1997).
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United States v. Patrick Elie A/K/A Patrick Gerald Elie, A/K/A Marie Patrick Elie, 111 F.3d 1135 (4th Cir. 1997). · cites it 2× “1997), and on one count of impersonating an accredited diplomat, see 18 U.S.C.A. § 915 *1137 (West Supp.1997).”
United States v. Douglas Chappell, 691 F.3d 388 (4th Cir. 2012). · cites it 2× “§ 914 (impersonating a creditor of the United States and committing a specified act); 18 U.S.C. § 915 (imper- sonating diplomats and acting as such or obtaining a thing of value); 18 U.”
United States v. The-Nimrod Sterling, 959 F.3d 855 (8th Cir. 2020). “The-Nimrod Sterling began a two-year term of supervised release in December 2018 after completing a 57-month prison sentence for impersonating a foreign diplomat in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 915 and being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Nanya El, 275 F. App'x 205 (4th Cir. 2008). · cites it 3× “PER CURIAM: A jury convicted Nanya Shaabu El * on two charges under 18 U.S.C. § 915 for falsely claiming diplomatic immunity and attempting to obtain something of value by doing so.”
United States v. Gabriella Ferroni-Carli, 322 F. App'x 779 (11th Cir. 2009). · cites it 4× “PER CURIAM: Gabriella Ferroni-Carli appeals her conviction for falsely pretending or assuming to be a duly accredited foreign diplomat, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 915 . On appeal, Ferroni-Carli argues that: (1) the evidence was insufficient for a reasonable jury to convict her…”
United States v. Dennis A. Callaway, Cal R. Devyver Cal R. Devyver, 446 F.2d 753 (3d Cir. 1971). · cites it 2× “§ 2312 , and one count of wrongfully impersonating a diplomat in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 915 . DeVyver was sentenced to a total of seven years imprisonment pursuant to 18 U.”
United States v. Melvin Hillman, 610 F. App'x 574 (7th Cir. 2015). · cites it 3× “ORDER A jury found Melvin Hillman (also known as Habib Jimananu-Bey) 1 guilty of falsely pretending to be a diplomat, 18 U.S.C. § 915 , and of wrongfully affixing the seal of the Department of Justice to a fake identification card, 18 U.”
United States v. Gignac, 301 F. App'x 471 (6th Cir. 2008). · cites it 2× “Anthony Gignac appeals his conviction and sentence for impersonating a foreign diplomat, 18 U.S.C. § 915 , and attempted bank fraud, 18 U.”
Raymond Buenrostro Cortez v. United States, 328 F.2d 51 (5th Cir. 1964). “Appellant Cortez was indicted for falsely assuming to be a consular official of the Republic of Guatemala in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 915 . 1 *A jury found him guilty and the court sentenced him to two years imprisonment.”
United States v. Roland Morrison, 491 F. App'x 367 (4th Cir. 2012). · cites it 2× “PER CURIAM: Roland Lee Morrison appeals his convictions for fraudulent assertion of diplomatic immunity, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 915 (2006). On appeal, Morrison challenges the sufficiency of the evidence used to convict him.”
United States v. King Solomon, II, 586 F. App'x 124 (4th Cir. 2014). “§ 912 (2012); falsely impersonating a foreign diplomat to avoid criminal prosecution, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 915 (2012); and falsely impersonating a foreign diplomat and acting as such, also in violation of § 915.”
United States v. The-Nimrod Sterling, 828 F.3d 649 (8th Cir. 2016). · cites it 8× “Appellant The-Nimrod Sterling was convicted of impersonating a foreign diplomatic officer, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 915 , and of being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.”
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