Title: 923. 18 U.S.C. § 371—Conspiracy to Defraud the United States | JM | Department of Justice
Headings: 923. 18 U.S.C. § 371—Conspiracy to Defraud the United States
923. 18 U.S.C. § 371—Conspiracy to Defraud the United States
Content: 1994) (even though the defendant may have impaired a government agency's functions, as part of a scheme to defraud another party, the government offered no evidence that the defendant intended to defraud the United States and a conspiracy to violate an agency regulatory scheme could not lie on such facts). In summary, those activities which courts have held defraud the United States under 18 U.S.C. § 371 affect the government in at least one of three ways: [cited in JM 9-42.001]
They cheat the government out of money or property; They interfere or obstruct legitimate Government activity; or
They make wrongful use of a governmental instrumentality. ‹ 922. Elements of 18 U.S.C. § 287 up 924. Defrauding the Government of Money or Property ›
Updated January 21, 2020