18 U.S.C. § 157 Bankruptcy Fraud

• Library: United States Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 18 U.S.C. § 157

A person who, having devised or intending to devise a scheme or artifice to defraud and for the purpose of executing or concealing such a scheme or artifice or attempting to do so-

(1) files a petition under title 11, including a fraudulent involuntary petition under section 303 of such title;

(2) files a document in a proceeding under title 11; or

(3) makes a false or fraudulent representation, claim, or promise concerning or in relation to a proceeding under title 11, at any time before or after the filing of the petition, or in relation to a proceeding falsely asserted to be pending under such title,

shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.

Cite as 18 U.S.C. § 157

Source: Added Pub. L. 103-394, title III, §312(a)(1)(B), Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4140; amended Pub. L. 109-8, title III, §332(c), Apr. 20, 2005, 119 Stat. 103; Pub. L. 111-327, §2(b), Dec. 22, 2010, 124 Stat. 3562.

current through 5/22/2023

EDITORIAL NOTES

AMENDMENTS

2010-Par. (1). Pub. L. 111-327, §2(b)(1), struck out "bankruptcy" after "involuntary".