{"data":{"id":"us/18-u.s.c.-157","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"18 U.S.C. § 157","heading":"Bankruptcy fraud","body":"A person who, having devised or intending to devise a scheme or artifice to defraud and for the purpose of executing or concealing such a scheme or artifice or attempting to do so—(1) files a petition under title 11, including a fraudulent involuntary petition under section 303 of such title; (2) files a document in a proceeding under title 11; or (3) makes a false or fraudulent representation, claim, or promise concerning or in relation to a proceeding under title 11, at any time before or after the filing of the petition, or in relation to a proceeding falsely asserted to be pending under such title, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.","path":["Title 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 9—BANKRUPTCY"],"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":"6a6b97c22b059c3df482e675e3a0773528a585dadd85c26cfe0db3c03561ce4a","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/18-u.s.c.-156","next":"us/18-u.s.c.-158"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}