Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-73

§990 Offenses and penalties

Title 33 › Chapter CHAPTER 19— - SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY › § 990

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Federal theft and fraud laws for stealing or misusing government money or property also cover the Corporation’s money and property. If a person, trying to cheat the Corporation or to fool its directors, officers, employees, or federal officers, makes false entries in its books or files false reports, they can be fined up to $10,000, jailed up to five years, or both. If a person takes any payment, rebate, or reward, or makes a secret deal or plan (written or not) to defraud the Corporation or to wrongly block its goals, they can be fined up to $5,000, jailed up to five years, or both.

Full Legal Text

Title 33, §990

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(a)All general penal statutes relating to the larceny, embezzlement, or conversion, of public moneys or property of the United States shall apply to the moneys and property of the Corporation.

(b)Any person who, with intent to defraud the Corporation, or to deceive any director, officer, or employee of the Corporation or any officer or employee of the United States, (1) makes any false entry in any book of the Corporation, or (2) makes any false report or statement for the Corporation, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(c)Any person who shall receive any compensation, rebate, or reward, or shall enter into any conspiracy, collusion, or agreement, express or implied, with intent to defraud the Corporation or wrongfully and unlawfully to defeat its purposes, shall, on conviction thereof, be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 990

Title 33 — Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73