I. INTRODUCTION Section 1001 of ...

I. INTRODUCTION

Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States collection of laws (1) is a broad and at short intervals used (2) statute that criminalizes false statements made directly or indirectly to the United States guidance (3)

The statute has evolv to criminalize a variety of deceptive statements. (4) Section 1001 protects offenses spanning three broad categories: (1) falsifying, concealing, or other cover-up of a material fact by the agency of any trick, scheme, or device; (2) making materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or representations; and (3) making or using a writing or document with knowledge that in the same state [i]or[/i] condition document contains materially false, fictitious or