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Message:: [QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 705562, member: 57463"]1.  I was invited by one of the participants. 2.  I have two degrees not 47, one in criminal justice and another in criminology; and I assure you that counterfeiting is criminal.  I agree.  As I said, you can be innocently in possession.  The object may be seized, but you will not be punished.  That said ... (1) -- Whoever keeps in possession shall be fined or imprisoned.  TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE    PART I - CRIMES    CHAPTER 25 - COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY    Sec. 472. Uttering counterfeit obligations or securities    Whoever, with intent to defraud, passes, utters, publishes, or    sells, or attempts to pass, utter, publish, or sell, or with like    intent brings into the United States or keeps in possession or    conceals any falsely made, forged, counterfeited, or altered    obligation or other security of the United States, shall be fined    under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both   (2) Whoever possesses or in any other manner uses shall be fined.TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE    PART I - CRIMES    CHAPTER 25 - COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY    Sec. 489. Making or possessing likeness of coins    Whoever, within the United States, makes or brings therein from    any foreign country, or possesses with intent to sell, give away,    or in any other manner uses the same, except under authority of the    Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer of the United    States, any token, disk, or device in the likeness or similitude as    to design, color, or the inscription thereon of any of the coins of    the United States or of any foreign country issued as money, either    under the authority of the United States or under the authority of    any foreign government shall be fined under this title. (3) All counterfeits shall be forfeitedTITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE    PART I - CRIMES    CHAPTER 25 - COUNTERFEITING AND FORGERY    Sec. 492. Forfeiture of counterfeit paraphernalia      All counterfeits of any coins or obligations or other securities    of the United States or of any foreign government, or any articles,    devices, and other things made, possessed, or used in violation of    this chapter or of sections 331-333, 335, 336, 642 or 1720, of this    title, or any material or apparatus used or fitted or intended to    be used, in the making of such counterfeits, articles, devices or    things, found in the possession of any person without authority    from the Secretary of the Treasury or other proper officer, shall    be forfeited to the United States.      Whoever, having the custody or control of any such counterfeits,    material, apparatus, articles, devices, or other things, fails or    refuses to surrender possession thereof upon request by any    authorized agent of the Treasury Department, or other proper    officer, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more    than one year, or both. I point out that LACK OF ENFORCEMENT IS NOT ENDORSEMENT.  You can get away with speeding, but that does not make speeding legal.  As I have said, if there is a fire downtown and all the cops are there directing traffic, the lack of patrols at the Mall is not an open invitation to rob the jewelry store. ... not even if other people are doing it.[/QUOTE]

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