18 U.S.C. § 1342 — Fictitious name or address

Page 364 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 1342 articles, green coin, green goods and green cigars.’’ This section could be greatly simplified, and now- meaningless language eliminated. The other surplusage was likewise eliminated and the section simplified without change of meaning. A reference to causing to be placed any letter, etc. in any post office, or station thereof, etc. was omitted as unnecessary because of definition of ‘‘principal’’ in sec- tion 2 of this title. 1949 ACT This section [section 34] corrects a typographical error in section 1341 of title 18, U.S.C. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2008—Pub. L. 110–179 inserted ‘‘occurs in relation to, or involving any benefit authorized, transported, trans- mitted, transferred, disbursed, or paid in connection with, a presidentially declared major disaster or emer- gency (as those terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As- sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)), or’’ after ‘‘If the viola- tion’’. 2002—Pub. L. 107–204 substituted ‘‘20 years’’ for ‘‘five years’’. 1994—Pub. L. 103–322, § 330016(1)(H), substituted ‘‘fined under this title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $1,000’’ after ‘‘thing, shall be’’. Pub. L. 103–322, § 250006, inserted ‘‘or deposits or causes to be deposited any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by any private or commercial interstate carrier,’’ after ‘‘Postal Service,’’ and ‘‘or such carrier’’ after ‘‘causes to be delivered by mail’’. 1990—Pub. L. 101–647 substituted ‘‘30’’ for ‘‘20’’ before ‘‘years’’. 1989—Pub. L. 101–73 inserted at end ‘‘If the violation affects a financial institution, such person shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both.’’ 1970—Pub. L. 91–375 substituted ‘‘Postal Service’’ for ‘‘Post Office Department’’. 1949—Act May 24, 1949, substituted ‘‘of’’ for ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘dispose’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 91–375 effective within 1 year after Aug. 12, 1970, on date established therefor by Board of Governors of United States Postal Service and published by it in Federal Register, see section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as an Effective Date note pre- ceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service. SHORT TITLE OF 2002 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 107–204, title IX, § 901, July 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 804, provided that: ‘‘This title [enacting sections 1349 and 1350 of this title, amending this section, section 1343 of this title, and section 1131 of Title 29, Labor, and enacting provisions set out as notes under section 994 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure] may be cited as the ‘White-Collar Crime Penalty Enhancement Act of 2002’.’’ § 1342. Fictitious name or address Whoever, for the purpose of conducting, pro- moting, or carrying on by means of the Postal Service, any scheme or device mentioned in sec- tion 1341 of this title or any other unlawful busi- ness, uses or assumes, or requests to be ad- dressed by, any fictitious, false, or assumed title, name, or address or name other than his own proper name, or takes or receives from any post office or authorized depository of mail mat- ter, any letter, postal card, package, or other mail matter addressed to any such fictitious, false, or assumed title, name, or address, or name other than his own proper name, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 763; Pub. L. 91–375, § 6(j)(12), Aug. 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 778; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.) HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., § 339 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, § 216, 35 Stat. 1131). The punishment language used in section 1341 of this title was substituted in lieu of the reference to it in this section. Minor changes in phraseology were made. Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1994—Pub. L. 103–322 substituted ‘‘fined under this title’’ for ‘‘fined not more than $1,000’’. 1970—Pub. L. 91–375 substituted ‘‘Postal Service’’ for ‘‘Post Office Department of the United States’’. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1970 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 91–375 effective within 1 year after Aug. 12, 1970, on date established therefor by Board of Governors of United States Postal Service and published by it in Federal Register, see section 15(a) of Pub. L. 91–375, set out as an Effective Date note pre- ceding section 101 of Title 39, Postal Service. § 1343. Fraud by wire, radio, or television Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtain- ing money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or prom- ises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means of wire, radio, or television communica- tion in interstate or foreign commerce, any writings, signs, signals, pictures, or sounds for the purpose of executing such scheme or arti- fice, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If the violation occurs in relation to, or involving any benefit authorized, transported, transmitted, trans- ferred, disbursed, or paid in connection with, a presidentially declared major disaster or emer- gency (as those terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)), or affects a financial institution, such person shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both. (Added July 16, 1952, ch. 879, § 18(a), 66 Stat. 722; amended July 11, 1956, ch. 561, 70 Stat. 523; Pub. L. 101–73, title IX, § 961(j), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 500; Pub. L. 101–647, title XXV, § 2504(i), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4861; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 107–204, title IX, § 903(b), July 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 805; Pub. L. 110–179, § 3, Jan. 7, 2008, 121 Stat. 2557.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2008—Pub. L. 110–179 inserted ‘‘occurs in relation to, or involving any benefit authorized, transported, trans-