§4217 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

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If a consular officer intentionally fails to file truthful quarterly reports about their office and the money they handle, or does not pay any money owed by the end of the next quarter, or keeps a U.S. citizen’s money or property and won’t account for and return it after a reasonable demand by the Secretary of State or the citizen (or their representative), that is embezzlement. The offense can be punished by up to 5 years in prison and a fine of up to $2,000.

Title 22, §4217

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Every consular officer who willfully neglects to render true and just quarterly accounts and returns of the business of his office, and of moneys received by him for the use of the United States, or who neglects to pay over any balance of said moneys due to the United States at the expiration of any quarter, before the expiration of the next succeeding quarter, or who shall receive money, property, or effects belonging to a citizen of the United States and shall not within a reasonable time after demand made upon him by the Secretary of State or by such citizen, his executor, administrator, or legal representative, account for and pay over all moneys, property, and effects, less his lawful fees, due to such citizen, shall be deemed guilty of embezzlement, and shall be punishable by imprisonment for not more than five years, and by a fine of not more than $2,000.

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Codification R.S. § 1734 derived from act Mar. 3, 1869, ch. 125, § 5, 15 Stat. 322. Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 1198 of this title, and prior thereto to section 102 of this title.

§4217 Embezzlement of Fees or of Effects of American Citizens

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Title 22, §4217

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