Fill and Sign the 2 Causing Interstate Travel in Execution of a Scheme to Defraud Form

375 68.2 Causing Interstate Travel In Execution Of A Scheme To Defraud 18 USC § 2314 (Second Paragraph) Title 18, United States Code, Section 2314, makes it a Federal crime or offense for anyone to transport someone or induce someone to t ravel in interstate commerce for the purpose of executing a scheme to defraud that person of money [property]. The Defendant can be found guilty of that offense only if all of the following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt: First: That the Defendant transported or caused to be transported, or induced travel by, in interstate commerce, the person named in the indictment; Second: That such travel was caused or induced by the Defendant in the execution [concealment] of a scheme t o defraud such person as charged in the indictment; Third: That the Defendant knew the scheme was fraudulent and acted with intent to defraud; and Fourth: That the purpose of the scheme to defraud was to obtain money or property from such person having a value of $5,000 or more. The "value" of something means the face, par or market value, or cost price, either wholesale or retail, whichever is greater. The term "interstate commerce" includes any movement or transportation of a person or persons from one state into another state, the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States. The word "scheme" includes any plan or course of action intended to deceive others, and to obtain, by false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, money or property from persons so deceived. A statement or representation is "false" or "fraudulent" if it relates to a material fact and is known to be untrue or is made with reckless indifference as to its truth or falsity, and is made or caused to be made with intent to defraud. A statement or representation may also be "false" or "fraudulent" when it constitutes a half-truth, or effectively conceals a material fact, with intent to defraud. A "material fact" is a f act that would be important to a reasonable person in deciding whether or not to engage in a particular transaction.To act with "intent to defraud" means to act knowingly and with the specific intent to deceive someone, ordinarily for the purpose of causing some financial loss to another or bringing about some financial gain to one's self. ANNOTATIONS AND COMMENTS 18 USC § 23 14 (second paragraph) provides: Whoever, having devised or intending t o devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transport s or causes to be transported, or induces any person to t ravel 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 $5,0 00 or more [ shall be guilty of an offense against t he Unit ed States]. Maximum Penalty: Ten (10) years imprisonment and applicable fine.