What Mail Fraud - 18 USC 1341 Frauds and Swindles by Postal or Private Carrier requires
Section 1341 of title 18 of the United States Code criminalises any scheme or artifice to defraud or to obtain money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, where the actor places in any post office or authorised depository for mail matter any matter or thing whatever to be sent or delivered by the Postal Service, or takes or receives such matter, or knowingly causes such matter to be delivered by mail or by any private or commercial interstate carrier, for the purpose of executing the scheme. The standard penalty is up to 20 years imprisonment or a fine, with enhanced penalties of up to 30 years imprisonment or a fine of up to 1,000,000 USD where the violation affects a financial institution or relates to benefits authorised by the President in connection with a declared major disaster or emergency. Section 1341 is the historical anchor of the federal white-collar criminal code, predating the wire-fraud statute by 80 years, and the legal interpretation developed under section 1341 directly informs section 1343 (wire fraud), section 1346 (honest services), and section 1347 (health care fraud). Mail-fraud charging reaches AI-assisted advance-fee fraud, deceptive direct-mail marketing, fraudulent insurance claims, securities-fraud schemes involving printed materials sent through the postal system, and elder-fraud schemes using mailed solicitations.
Pillar: Financial Crime, AML & Sanctions · Authority: United States Congress (Office of the Law Revision Counsel) · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1341
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- 18 USC 1341 (Frauds and swindles) https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1341
- Mail Fraud Statute originally enacted 8 June 1872 (Act of June 8, 1872, ch 335 section 301)
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