Title 18 - Crimes and Criminal Procedure Applicable to Fraud and Miscellaneous…

The following sections of Title 18 are criminal offenses within the jurisdiction of CI.

Title 18 USC 2 is known as the "accomplice statute" and generally provides that a person may be convicted of a crime even if he/she did not personally perform every act constituting the crime. More specifically, 18 USC 2(a) provides that the following persons are punishable as principals: (i) a person who commits an offense against the United States; and (ii) a person who aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures the commission of an offense against the United States. Title 18 USC 2(b) (frequently referred to as "causing" ) provides that a person is also punishable as a principal if that person willfully causes an act to be done which if directly performed by him or another would be an offense against the United States.