Bank Fraud
Bank Fraud – 18 USC 1344
Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice–
(1) to defraud a financial institution; or
(2) to obtain any of the moneys, funds, credits, assets, securities or other property owned by, or under the custody or control of, a financial institution, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises;
shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both.
The United States reports a conviction rate in excess of 90% in federal white collar crime cases and over 92% in federal criminal tax cases. It is estimated that less than 1% of all attorneys have successfully tried a federal criminal tax case. (Not guilty verdicts on all counts.)
