This problem is designed to help you identify the elements of a federal statute. The statute below is fictitious, Read the statute below, and determine the important elements of the crime that would need to be proven in a court of law.
“Whoever, knowingly and with intent to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof, possesses any false, altered, forged, or counterfeited writing or document for the purpose of enabling another to obtain from the United States, or from any agency, officer, or agent thereof, any sum of money, shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five year or both”.
List the elements of the statute.