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§ 152. Concealment of as­sets; false oaths and claims; bribery

 

 

A per­son who—

(1) know­ing­ly and fraud­u­lent­ly con­ceals from a cus­to­di­an, trust­ee, mar­shal, or oth­er of­fi­cer of the court charged with the con­trol or cus­to­dy of prop­er­ty, or, in con­nec­tion with a case un­der ti­tle 11, from cred­itors or the Unit­ed States trust­ee, any prop­er­ty be­long­ing to the es­tate of a debt­or;

(2) know­ing­ly and fraud­u­lent­ly makes a false oath or ac­count in or in re­la­tion to any case un­der ti­tle 11;

(3) know­ing­ly and fraud­u­lent­ly makes a false dec­la­ra­tion, cer­ti­fi­cate, ver­i­fi­ca­tion, or state­ment un­der pen­al­ty of per­ju­ry as per­mit­ted un­der sec­tion 1746 of ti­tle 28, in or in re­la­tion to any case un­der ti­tle 11;

(4) know­ing­ly and fraud­u­lent­ly pres­ents any false claim for proof against the es­tate of a debt­or, or uses any such claim in any case un­der ti­tle 11, in a per­son­al ca­pac­i­ty or as or through an agent, proxy, or at­tor­ney;

(5) know­ing­ly and fraud­u­lent­ly re­ceives any ma­te­ri­al amount of prop­er­ty from a debt­or af­ter the fil­ing of a case un­der ti­tle 11, with in­tent to de­feat the pro­vi­sions of ti­tle 11;

(6) know­ing­ly and fraud­u­lent­ly gives, of­fers, re­ceives, or at­tempts to ob­tain any mon­ey or prop­er­ty, re­mu­ner­a­tion, com­pen­sa­tion, re­ward, ad­van­tage, or pro­mise there­of for act­ing or for­bear­ing to act in any case un­der ti­tle 11;

(7) in a per­son­al ca­pac­i­ty or as an agent or of­fi­cer of any per­son or cor­po­ra­tion, in con­tem­pla­tion of a case un­der ti­tle 11 by or against the per­son or any oth­er per­son or cor­po­ra­tion, or with in­tent to de­feat the pro­vi­sions of ti­tle 11, know­ing­ly and fraud­u­lent­ly trans­fers or con­ceals any of his prop­er­ty or the prop­er­ty of such oth­er per­son or cor­po­ra­tion;

(8) af­ter the fil­ing of a case un­der ti­tle 11 or in con­tem­pla­tion there­of, know­ing­ly and fraud­u­lent­ly con­ceals, de­stroys, mu­ti­lates, fal­si­fies, or makes a false en­try in any re­cord­ed in­for­ma­tion (in­clud­ing books, doc­u­ments, rec­ords, and pa­pers) re­lat­ing to the prop­er­ty or fi­nan­cial af­fairs of a debt­or; or

(9) af­ter the fil­ing of a case un­der ti­tle 11, know­ing­ly and fraud­u­lent­ly with­holds from a cus­to­di­an, trust­ee, mar­shal, or oth­er of­fi­cer of the court or a Unit­ed States Trust­ee en­ti­tled to its pos­ses­sion, any re­cord­ed in­for­ma­tion (in­clud­ing books, doc­u­ments, rec­ords, and pa­pers) re­lat­ing to the prop­er­ty or fi­nan­cial af­fairs of a debt­or,

shall be fined un­der this ti­tle, im­pris­oned not more than 5 years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 689; Pub. L. 86-519, § 2, June 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 217; Pub. L. 86-701, Sept. 2, 1960, 74 Stat. 753; Pub. L. 94-550, § 4, Oct. 18, 1976, 90 Stat. 2535; Pub. L. 95-598, ti­tle III, § 314(a), (c), Nov. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 2676, 2677; Pub. L. 100-690, ti­tle VII, § 7017, Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4395; Pub. L. 103-322, ti­tle XXXIII, § 330016(1)(K), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2147; Pub. L. 103-394, ti­tle III, § 312(a)(1)(A), Oct. 22, 1994, 108 Stat. 4138; Pub. L. 104-294, ti­tle VI, § 601(a)(1), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3497.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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