Title 18 › Part I— CRIMES › Chapter 9— BANKRUPTCY › § 158
The Attorney General must pick people to lead enforcement when someone breaks section 152 or 157 about abusive reaffirmations of debt or about bankruptcy schedules that have intentionally false or misleading statements. The picks are the U.S. attorney for each judicial district and one FBI agent for each FBI field office. Each chosen U.S. attorney must also carry out the U.S. attorney duties in section 3057. Bankruptcy courts must set up rules to send any case that might contain a materially fraudulent statement in a bankruptcy schedule to those named people.
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18 U.S.C. § 158
Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure
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Apr 5, 2026
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