---
kind: "section"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 1349"
title: "18"
title_heading: "Crimes and Criminal Procedure"
number: "1349"
heading: "Attempt and conspiracy"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/18/1349"
units:
  - "Part I — Crimes"
  - "Chapter 63 — Mail Fraud and Other Fraud Offenses"
---

# §1349. Attempt and conspiracy


Any [person](/usc/18/229F.md?p=5) who attempts or conspires to commit any offense under this chapter shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy.


## Source credit

(Added Pub. L. 107–204, title IX, § 902(a), July 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 805.)