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Timestamp: 2019-10-19 06:45:12
Document Index: 188835109

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2311', '§ 2314', '§ 2314', '§ 2314', '§ 2315', '§ 2315']

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National Stolen Property Act [NSPA] Law and Legal Definition
National Stolen Property Act is a federal statute that makes it a crime to transport, transmit, or transfer in interstate or foreign commerce goods or money worth $5,000 or more if the person knows that the money or goods were obtained unlawfully. The statute is codified in 18 USCS §§ 2311 et seq. Although it is called the National Stolen Property Act, the term "property" itself appears only in the second paragraph of 18 U.S.C. § 2314. It has been interpreted as including all forms of property, both personal and real. However, in the first paragraphs of 18 U.S.C. § § 2314 and 2315 the statutory language utilized is "goods, wares, merchandise, securities or money." Even though the terms are not defined, it has been interpreted to be a "general and comprehensive designation of such personal property or chattels as are ordinarily a subject of commerce.” Successful prosecutions for stolen motor vehicles and aircraft have also been brought under 18 U.S.C. § 2314 or § 2315. [United States v. Dove, 629 F.2d 325 (4th Cir. S.C. 1980)].
Whoever transports, transmits, or transfers in interstate or foreign commerce any goods, wares, merchandise, securities or money, of the value of $ 5,000 or more, knowing the same to have been stolen, converted or taken by fraud; or Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transports or causes to be transported, or induces any person or persons to travel in, or to be transported in interstate or foreign commerce in the execution or concealment of a scheme or artifice to defraud that person or those persons of money or property having a value of $ 5,000 or more; or
18 USCS § 2315 . Sale or receipt of stolen goods, securities, moneys, or fraudulent State tax stamps
Whoever receives, possesses, conceals, stores, barters, sells, or disposes of any goods, wares, or merchandise, securities, or money of the value of $ 5,000 or more, or pledges or accepts as security for a loan any goods, wares, or merchandise, or securities, of the value of $ 500 or more, which have crossed a State or United States boundary after being stolen, unlawfully converted, or taken, knowing the same to have been stolen, unlawfully converted, or taken; or