18 U.S.C. § 917
Red Cross members or agents
Whoever, within the United States, falsely or fraudulently holds himself out as or represents or pretends himself to be a member of or an agent for the American National Red Cross for the purpose of soliciting, collecting, or receiving money or material, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 2005–2012 · leading case: United States v. Douglas Chappell
United States v. Douglas Chappell (2012)
“§ 915 (imper- sonating diplomats and acting as such or obtaining a thing of value); 18 U.S.C. § 917 (impersonating Red Cross members "for the purpose of soliciting, collecting, or receiving money or material").”
United States v. Chambers (2005)
“Our disposition of this contention makes it unnecessary to address Chambers' other points of error, including his contention that as applied here the component parts definition of ammunition ( 18 U.S.C. § 917 (a)(17)(A)) exceeds Congress's Commerce Clause power.”
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