Fill and Sign the Counterfeit Uttering 18 Usc 472 Form

13.2 Counterfeit - - Uttering 18 USC § 472 Title 18, United States Code, Section 472, makes it a Federal crimeor offense for anyone to pass or utter, with intent to defraud, anycounterfeit Unit ed States Federal Reserve Note. The Defendant can be found guilt y of that offense only if all of the following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:First: That the Defendant passed or uttered a counterfeit Federal Reserve Note as charged;Second: That the Defendant knew at the time that the note w as counterfeit; andThird: That the Defendant passed or uttered the note willfully and wit h intent to defraud.To " pass" or " utter" a counterfeit not e includes any attempt to spendthe note or otherwise place it in circulation. To act " with intent to defraud" means to act with the specific intent to deceive or cheat, ordinarily for the purpose of causing some financial loss to another, or bringing about some financial gain to one' s self. It is not necessary, how ever, to prove that the United States or anyone else was in fact defrauded so long as it is established that t he Defendant acted" with intent to defraud." ANNOTATIONS AND COMMENTS 18 USC § 47 2 provides: Whoever, with intent t o defraud, passes [or] utters . . . any falsely made [or] counterfeited . . . obligation . . . of t he United States [shall be guilt y of an offense against t he United States.] Maximum Penalty: Fifteen (1 5) years imprisonment and applicable fine. The " pass" element can be satisfied at any stage after the manufacturing of a counterfeit bill by t he willful delivery of t he bill to someone for t he purpose of placing the bill in circulation, provided the person delivering the bill had the intent t o defraud someone w ho might thereafter accept t he bill as t rue and genuine. See United States v. Wilkerson, 4 69 F.2d 9 63 (5t h Cir. 1 97 2).