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Fraud:
- A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful
gain.
- A piece of trickery; a trick.
- One that defrauds; a cheat.
- One who assumes a false pose; an impostor.
18 USC § 1344. Bank fraud.
Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice--
(1) to defraud a financial institution;
or
(2) to obtain any of the moneys, funds, credits, assets, securities
or other property owned by, or under the custody or control of, a financial
institution, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or
promises; shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more
than 30 years, or both.
[Codified to 18 U.S.C. 1344]
[Source: Section 1344 added by section 1108(a) of title II of
the Act of October 12, 1984 (Pub. L. No. 98--473, 98 Stat. 2147), effective
October 12, 1984, as amended by section 961(k) of title IX of the Act of August
9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 500), effective August 9, 1989; section
2504(j) of title XXV of the Act of November 29, 1990 (Pub. L. No. 101--647; 104
Stat. 4861), effective November 29, 1990]
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