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Federal Criminal Fraud List

Federal Criminal Fraud Lists

What is Federal Criminal Fraud?

Federal fraud crimes are created by statutes passed by Congress and enforced by the United States of America.   Fraud crimes involve deliberate deceit, lies or withholding of material information when there is an obligation to make a disclosure.   The most common federal fraud crimes are:

  • Healthcare Fraud
  • Tax Fraud
  • Mortgage Fraud
  • Wire Fraud (including internet)
  • Mail Fraud
  • Identity Theft

Title 18 Chapter 47 of the United States Code lists 41 different fraud related crimes that can be committed.  These are not nearly all of the fraud crimes on the books.  Here is the list of the 41 federal fraud crimes.  You can click on the code section and read the actual code.

Sec. 1001. Statements or entries generally

Sec. 1002. Possession of false papers to defraud United States

Sec. 1003. Demands against the United States

Sec. 1004. Certification of checks

Sec. 1005. Bank entries, reports and transactions

Sec. 1006. Federal credit institution entries, reports and transactions

Sec. 1007. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation transactions

Secs. 1008, 1009. Repealed. Pub. L. 101-73, title IX, §§961(g)(1), 962(a)(3), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 500, 502

Sec. 1010. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Federal Housing Administration transactions

Sec. 1011. Federal land bank mortgage transactions

Sec. 1012. Department of Housing and Urban Development transactions

Sec. 1013. Farm loan bonds and credit bank debentures

Sec. 1014. Loan and credit applications generally; renewals and discounts; crop insurance

Sec. 1015. Naturalization, citizenship or alien registry

Sec. 1016. Acknowledgment of appearance or oath

Sec. 1017. Government seals wrongfully used and instruments wrongfully sealed

Sec. 1018. Official certificates or writings

Sec. 1019. Certificates by consular officers

Title records

Sec. 1022. Delivery of certificate, voucher, receipt for military or naval property

Sec. 1023. Insufficient delivery of money or property for military or naval service

Sec. 1024. Purchase or receipt of military, naval, or veteran's facilities property

Sec. 1025. False pretenses on high seas and other waters

Sec. 1026. Compromise, adjustment, or cancellation of farm indebtedness

Sec. 1027. False statements and concealment of facts in relation to documents required by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

Sec. 1028. Fraud and related activity in connection with identification documents, authentication features, and information

Sec. 1028A. Aggravated identity theft

Sec. 1029. Fraud and related activity in connection with access devices

Sec. 1030. Fraud and related crime activity in connection with computers

Sec. 1031. Major fraud against the United States

Sec. 1032. Concealment of assets from conservator, receiver, or liquidating agent

Sec. 1033. Crimes by or affecting persons engaged in the business of insurance whose activities affect interstate commerce

Sec. 1034. Civil penalties and injunctions for violations of section 1033

Sec. 1035. False statements relating to health care matters

Sec. 1036. Entry by false pretenses to any real property, vessel, or aircraft of the United States or secure area of any airport or seaport

Sec. 1037. Fraud and related activity in connection with electronic mail

Sec. 1038. False information and hoaxes

Sec. 1039. Fraud and related activity in connection with obtaining confidential phone records information of a covered entity

Sec. 1040. Fraud in connection with major disaster or emergency benefits

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