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Illinois Bank Fraud:

  • A deception deliberately practiced in order to secure unfair or unlawful gain.
  • A piece of trickery; a trick.
  • One that defrauds; a cheat.
  • One who assumes a false pose; an impostor.

18 USC § 1344.  Bank fraud.

Whoever knowingly executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice--
    (1)  to defraud a financial institution; or
    (2)  to obtain any of the moneys, funds, credits, assets, securities or other property owned by, or under the custody or control of, a financial institution, by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises; shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both.

[Codified to 18 U.S.C. 1344]

[Source:  Section 1344 added by section 1108(a) of title II of the Act of October 12, 1984 (Pub. L. No. 98--473, 98 Stat. 2147), effective October 12, 1984, as amended by section 961(k) of title IX of the Act of August 9, 1989 (Pub. L. No. 101--73; 103 Stat. 500), effective August 9, 1989; section 2504(j) of title XXV of the Act of November 29, 1990 (Pub. L. No. 101--647; 104 Stat. 4861), effective November 29, 1990]

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