Federal · Title 18 — Crimes and Criminal Procedure

18 U.S.C. § 664: Theft or embezzlement from employee benefit plan

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person who steals, embezzles, or unlawfully converts money, securities, or property belonging to an employee benefit or pension plan commits a crime punishable by up to five years imprisonment and/or fines.

Read the full statutory text
Any person who embezzles, steals, or unlawfully and willfully abstracts or converts to his own use or to the use of another, any of the moneys, funds, securities, premiums, credits, property, or other assets of any employee welfare benefit plan or employee pension benefit plan, or of any fund connected therewith, shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. As used in this section, the term “any employee welfare benefit plan or employee pension benefit plan” means any employee benefit plan subject to any provision of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

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