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CITE

    18 USC Sec. 1348                                            01/05/2009

EXPCITE

    TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
    PART I - CRIMES
    CHAPTER 63 - MAIL FRAUD AND OTHER FRAUD OFFENSES

HEAD

    Sec. 1348. Securities fraud

STATUTE

      Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or
    artifice -
        (1) to defraud any person in connection with any security of an
      issuer with a class of securities registered under section 12 of
      the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l) or that is
      required to file reports under section 15(d) of the Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o(d)); or
        (2) to obtain, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses,
      representations, or promises, any money or property in connection
      with the purchase or sale of any security of an issuer with a
      class of securities registered under section 12 of the Securities
      Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78l) or that is required to file
      reports under section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
      1934 (15 U.S.C. 78o(d));
    shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than 25
    years, or both.

SOURCE

    (Added Pub. L. 107-204, title VIII, Sec. 807(a), July 30, 2002, 116
    Stat. 804.)