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funds
social
security
maximum
five
year
prison
term
knowingly
willfully
makingfalse
statement
material
fact
application
payments
federally
approved
plans
medical
assistance
maximum
one
year
prison
term
knowingly
willfully
making
false
statement
material
fact
application
supplemental
security
income
benefits
penalizing
knowingly
false
information
purpose
establishing
eligibility
vote
penalizing
knowing
willful
misstatement
concealment
material
fact
application
record
required
chapter
maximum
two
year
prison
term
knowingly
making
false
material
statement
compliance
documents
maximum
two
year
prison
term
knowingly
making
false
material
statement
compliance
documents
maximum
two
year
prison
term
knowingly
making
false
material
statement
documents
required
chapter
person
application
financial
aid
merchant
marine
act
willfully
makes
untrue
statement
material
fact
guilty
misdemeanor
maximum
five
year
prison
sentence
knowingly
making
false
statement
material
fact
declaration
citizenship
shipping
act
app
maximum
five
year
prison
term
knowingly
making
false
statement
material
fact
secure
required
approval
secretary
transportation
app
maximum
three
year
prison
term
knowingly
willfully
falsifying
concealing
material
fact
obtain
faa
certificate
maximum
five
year
prison
term
willfully
making
false
statement
material
fact
registration
statement
app
maximum
two
year
prison
term
knowingly
furnishing
information
false
misleading
material
respect
regarding
renegotiation
airplane
contracts
see
penalizing
make
false
statement
application
tax
payment
warrant
punishing
obtain
funds
puerto
rico
block
grant
false
statement
barring
false
unwarranted
statements
regarding
fluid
milk
products
penalizing
false
statement
administration
insurance
fund
penalties
perjury
penalizing
false
entries
book
report
statement
bank
holding
company
penalizing
false
statement
ftc
offenses
penalties
forcertain
crimes
related
commerce
trade
punishing
knowingly
false
statement
commodity
credit
corporation
penalizing
false
statement
report
required
horse
protection
act
penalizing
false
statement
behalf
tennessee
valley
authority
penalizing
false
claims
government
penalizing
false
claims
postal
losses
penalizing
false
claims
pensions
penalizing
knowing
false
statement
information
gun
dealers
must
provide
penalizing
knowing
false
statement
sale
mortgage
federal
land
bank
penalizing
intentional
false
entry
book
department
housing
urban
development
penalizing
false
statement
influence
federal
loan
credit
agency
penalizing
false
statement
naturalization
proceeding
penalizing
public
official
knowingly
falsifies
official
certificate
writing
penalizing
false
statement
regarding
highway
projects
penalizing
false
statement
regarding
farm
indebtedness
purpose
influencing
secretary
agriculture
penalizing
false
statement
documents
required
erisa
penalizing
false
statement
secure
indian
arts
crafts
board
trademark
penalizing
willful
knowing
false
statement
passport
application
penalizing
false
statement
immigration
documents
penalizing
falsification
postal
returns
increase
compensation
penalizing
false
statement
obtain
federal
employees
compensation
penalizing
willful
false
statement
registering
certain
organizations
penalizing
willful
false
statement
intent
interfere
armed
forces
war
penalizing
knowing
willful
false
statement
alien
procured
maintained
immoral
purposes
penalizing
false
statement
seeking
compensation
loss
destruction
commercial
fishing
vessel
gear
penalizing
false
statement
regarding
federal
insurance
investment
foreign
nations
penalizing
false
statement
regarding
registration
manufacturer
dealer
gasoline
penalizing
false
statement
health
safety
report
required
chapter
penalizing
false
statement
document
required
subchapter
governing
mine
safety
health
penalizing
false
statement
representation
inseeking
benefits
subchapter
governing
mine
safety
health
penalizing
false
statement
report
submitted
reclamation
fee
penalizing
false
statement
documents
required
federal
program
federal
lands
program
regarding
surface
mining
penalizing
willful
violations
subchapter
penalizing
false
statement
purpose
obtaining
workers
compensation
benefit
penalizing
false
statement
corporation
governing
saint
lawrence
seaway
penalizing
knowing
false
statement
record
required
chapter
navigation
navigable
waters
penalizing
knowing
false
statement
application
waiver
premium
claim
benefits
national
service
life
insurance
government
life
insurance
penalizing
false
statement
pennsylvania
avenue
development
penalizing
false
statement
obtain
social
security
benefits
penalizing
false
statement
connection
summer
food
service
programs
children
service
institutions
penalizing
knowing
false
information
purpose
establishing
eligibility
vote
penalizing
false
statement
obtain
financial
assistance
defraud
secretary
department
health
human
services
penalizing
false
statement
documents
filed
pursuant
chapter
noise
control
requirements
penalizing
knowing
false
statement
application
required
subchapter
submerged
public
lands
penalizing
knowing
false
statement
report
required
subchapter
rail
road
retirement
accounts
penalizing
knowing
false
statement
obtain
unemployment
insurance
penalizing
officials
knowingly
make
false
statement
regarding
projects
submitted
approval
secretary
transportation
see
middlesex
county
sewerage
authority
national
sea
clammers
stevens
concurring
judgment
part
dissenting
part
fact
text
supports
conclusion
false
statement
intended
cover
material
false
statements
statute
forbids
person
relevant
circumstances
making
false
statement
report
willfully
overvalu
ing
land
property
security
four
covered
actions
false
statement
inherently
material
obviously
overvaluing
land
property
security
material
relevant
banking
transaction
similarly
making
false
report
presumably
inherently
material
since
information
requested
report
form
banks
deems
capable
influencing
decision
read
context
drawing
standard
statutory
construction
techniques
see
norfolk
western
train
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applying
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general
terms
understood
context
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alloyd
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noscitur
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known
company
keeps
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statement
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false
statements
material
instance
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video
held
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sexual
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act
applied
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visually
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interpreted
statute
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even
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hold
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absurd
similarly
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firearms
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contained
implicit
mens
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although
one
apparent
face
statute
section
silent
concerning
mens
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nevertheless
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congress
intended
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traditional
mens
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shabani
lacking
clear
textual
directive
declined
depart
common
law
tradition
requiring
proof
overt
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establish
conspiracy
case
course
government
asks
us
opposite
derogate
common
law
without
clear
congressional
approval
consider
following
scenario
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home
owner
need
mortgage
learned
bank
loan
officer
bow
tie
aficionado
purchases
first
bow
tie
wear
first
meeting
expected
loan
officer
wearing
tie
incidentally
prospective
borrower
considers
downright
ugly
nevertheless
thinking
flattery
increase
likelihood
officer
favorably
disposed
approving
loan
applicant
swallows
hard
compliments
officer
tie
volunteers
information
always
wears
bow
tie
lie
majority
interpretation
person
spend
years
federal
prison
made
false
statement
fact
day
never
worn
bow
tie
statement
made
purpose
influencing
bank
ibid
applicant
subjectively
hoped
loan
officer
flattered
feeling
sartorial
common
ground
likely
approve
mortgage
well
settled
courts
rely
prosecutorial
discretion
ensure
statute
ensnare
beyond
proper
confines
see
baggett
bullitt
say
prosecutor
sense
fairness
constitution
prevent
successful
prosecution
activities
seemingly
embraced
within
sweeping
statutory
definitions
keyishian
board
regents
univ
state
answer
say
statute
applied
case
prosecutors
necessarily
enjoy
much
discretion
generally
use
wisely
liberty
citizens
rest
whim
individual
grudge
perhaps
exercise
bad
judgment