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Conspiracy to Commit Fraud - 18 USC 286

Sec. 286.Conspiracy to defraud the Government with respect to claims

Whoever enters into any agreement, combination, or conspiracy to defraud the United States, or any department or agency thereof, by obtaining or aiding to obtain the payment or allowance of any false, fictitious or fraudulent claim, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 698.)