Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§1346 Definition of “scheme or Artifice to Defraud”
Title 18 › PART I — CRIMES › CHAPTER 63 — MAIL FRAUD AND OTHER FRAUD OFFENSES › § 1346
Summary
Counts plans that cheat by stripping one's honest-services right as fraud.
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Title 18, §1346
Crimes and Criminal Procedure, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
For the purposes of this chapter, the term “scheme or artifice to defraud” includes a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.
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18 U.S.C. § 1346
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102