                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                      CHAPTER 43--FALSE PERSONATION
 
Sec. 914. Creditors of the United States

    Whoever falsely personates any true and lawful holder of any share 
or sum in the public stocks or debt of the United States, or any person 
entitled to any annuity, dividend, pension, wages, or other debt due 
from the United States, and, under color of such false personation, 
transfers or endeavors to transfer such public stock or any part 
thereof, or receives or endeavors to receive the money of such true and 
lawful holder thereof, or the money of any person really entitled to 
receive such annuity, dividend, pension, wages, or other debt, shall be 
fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 742; Pub. L. 103-322, title XXXIII, 
Sec. 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 78 (Mar. 4, 1909, ch. 321, 
Sec. 33, 35 Stat. 1095).
    Words ``prize money'' after ``pension'' were deleted as repealed by 
act Mar. 3, 1899, ch. 413, 30 Stat. 1007, repealing all laws authorizing 
prize money distribution.
    Mandatory punishment was rephrased in the alternative.
    In the punishment provision the words ``five years'' were 
substituted for ``ten years'' to harmonize it with the punishment 
provisions in sections 287 and 1001 of this title, covering similar 
offenses. (See reviser's note under section 287 of this title.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-322 substituted ``fined under this title'' for 
``fined not more than $5,000''.
