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18 U.S.C. § 492 — Forfeiture of counterfeit paraphernalia

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18 U.S.C. § 492 — Forfeiture of counterfeit paraphernalia

All counterfeits of any coins or obligations or other securities of the United States or of any foreign government, or any articles, devices, and other things made, possessed, or used in violation of this chapter or of sections 331–333, 335, 336, 642 or 1720, of this title, or any material or apparatus used or fitted or intended to be used, in the making of such counterfeits, articles, devices or things, found in the possession of any person without authority from the Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer, shall be forfeited to the United States.

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All counterfeits of any coins or obligations or other securities of the United States or of any foreign government, or any articles, devices, and other things made, possessed, or used in violation of this chapter or of sections 331–333, 335, 336, 642 or 1720, of this title, or any material or apparatus used or fitted or intended to be used, in the making of such counterfeits, articles, devices or things, found in the possession of any person without authority from the Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer, shall be forfeited to the United States.

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18 U.S.C. § 8 — Obligation or other security of the United States defined

The term “obligation or other security of the United States” includes all bonds, certificates of indebtedness, national bank currency, Federal Reserve notes, Federal Reserve bank notes, coupons, United States notes, Treasury notes, gold certificates, silver certificates, fractional notes, certificates of deposit, bills, checks, or drafts for money, drawn by or upon authorized officers of the United States, stamps and other representatives of value, of whatever denomination, issued under any Act of Congress, and canceled United States stamps.

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18 U.S.C. § 287 — False, fictitious or fraudulent claims

Whoever makes or presents to any person or officer in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States, or to any department or agency thereof, any claim upon or against the United States, or any department or agency thereof, knowing such claim to be false, fictitious, or fraudulent, shall be imprisoned not more than five years and shall be subject to a fine in the amount provided in this title.

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18 U.S.C. § 492 — Forfeiture of counterfeit paraphernalia

Page 124 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 492 of value, or the use or enjoyment of any prop- erty or service from any automatic merchandise vending machine, postage-stamp machine, turn- stile, fare box, coinbox telephone, parking meter or other lawful receptacle, depository, or con- trivance designed to receive or to be operated by lawful coins or other currency of the United States, shall be fined under this title, or impris- oned not more than one year, or both. (b) Whoever manufactures, sells, offers, or ad- vertises for sale, or exposes or keeps with intent to furnish or sell any token, slug, disk, device, paper, or other thing similar in size and shape to any of the lawful coins or other currency of the United States, or any token, disk, paper, or other device issued or authorized in connection with rationing or food and fiber distribution by any agency of the United States, with knowl- edge or reason to believe that such tokens, slugs, disks, devices, papers, or other things are intended to be used unlawfully or fraudulently to procure anything of value, or the use or en- joyment of any property or service from any automatic merchandise vending machine, post- age-stamp machine, turnstile, fare box, coinbox telephone, parking meter, or other lawful recep- tacle, depository, or contrivance designed to re- ceive or to be operated by lawful coins or other currency of the United States shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. Nothing contained in this section shall create immunity from criminal prosecution under the laws of any State, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, territory, possession, or the District of Co- lumbia. (c) ‘‘Knowledge or reason to believe’’, within the meaning of paragraph (b) of this

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