Possible violations of the following statutes are investigated by the United States Diplomatic Security Service:
- 18 USC 1541 Issuance Without Authority
- 18 USC 1542 False Statement in Application and Use of Passport
- 18 USC 1543 Forgery or False Use of Passport
- 18 USC 1544 Misuse of Passport
- 18 USC 1546 Fraud and Misuse of Visas, Permits, and Other Documents
- 18 USC 371 Conspiracy to Commit Offense or to Defraud the United States
- 18 USC 911 False Claim to Citizenship
- 18 USC 1028 Fraud and Related Activity in Connection with Identification Documents and Information
Statutes do not specify that the passport must be a US passport.
Famous quotes containing the words passport and/or fraud:
“All are inclined to believe what they covet, from a lottery- ticket up to a passport to Paradise.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)
“He saw, he wish’d, and to the prize aspir’d.
Resolv’d to win, he meditates the way,
By force to ravish, or by fraud betray;
For when success a lover’s toil attends,
Few ask, if fraud or force attain’d his ends.”
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744)