{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-1346","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 1346","heading":"Definition of “scheme or artifice to defraud”","body":"For the purposes of this chapter, the term “scheme or artifice to defraud” includes a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 63—MAIL FRAUD AND OTHER FRAUD OFFENSES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc18@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:56:53Z","sha256":"ae58f426d69e6c6f2168a0479fda4926a8424b07cd115265a045631389f343cf","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-1345","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-1347"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}