---
kind: "section"
citation: "10 U.S.C. § 924"
title: "10"
title_heading: "Armed Forces"
number: "924"
heading: "Art. 124. Frauds against the United States"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/10/924"
units:
  - "Subtitle A — General Military Law"
  - "Part II — Personnel"
  - "Chapter 47 — Uniform Code of Military Justice"
  - "Subchapter X — Punitive Articles"
---

# §924. Art. 124. Frauds against the United States


Any [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) subject to this chapter—

- (1) who, knowing it to be false or fraudulent—
  - (A) makes any claim against the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) or any [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) thereof; or
  - (B) presents to any [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) in the civil or [military](/usc/10/801.md?p=8) service thereof, for approval or payment, any claim against the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) or any [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) thereof;
- (2) who, for the purpose of obtaining the approval, allowance, or payment of any claim against the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) or any [officer](/usc/10/101.md?p=b-1) thereof—
  - (A) makes or uses any writing or other paper knowing it to contain any false or fraudulent statements;
  - (B) makes any oath to any fact or to any writing or other paper knowing the oath to be false; or
  - (C) forges or counterfeits any signature upon any writing or other paper, or uses any such signature knowing it to be forged or counterfeited;
- (3) who, having charge, possession, custody or control of any money, or other property of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1), furnished or intended for the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) thereof, knowingly delivers to any [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) having authority to receive it, any amount thereof less than that for which he receives a certificate or receipt; or
- (4) who, being authorized to make or deliver any paper certifying the receipt of any property of the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1) furnished or intended for the [armed forces](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-4) thereof, makes or delivers to any [person](/usc/10/2700.md?p=2) such writing without having full knowledge of the truth of the statements therein contained and with intent to defraud the [United States](/usc/10/101.md?p=a-1);

shall, upon conviction, be punished as a court-martial may direct.


## Source credit

(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 75, § 932; renumbered § 924, Pub. L. 114–328, div. E, title LX, § 5401(14), Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2939.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 932 | 50:726. | May 5, 1950, ch. 169, § 1 (Art. 132), 64 Stat. 142. |

The word “it” is substituted for the words “the same” throughout the revised section.

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 924 was renumbered section 928a of this title.

### Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–328 renumbered section 932 of this title as this section.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2016 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 114–328 effective on Jan. 1, 2019, as designated by the President, with implementing regulations and provisions relating to applicability to various situations, see section 5542 of Pub. L. 114–328 and Ex. Ord. No. 13825, set out as notes under section 801 of this title.