18 U.S.C. § 371
conspiracy (general)
all statutes
Fraud

The general federal conspiracy statute: an agreement between two or more persons to commit any federal offense or to defraud the United States, plus an overt act.

1,060
documents charge this statute
2
associated schemes
1
structural heuristics
scheme mix in corpus: Non-Corporate Fraud 123Public Corruption 116Financial-Statement Fraud 115Ponzi 83Health Care Fraud 81Insider Trading 60Corporate Disclosure Fraud 60Cyber Fraud 56Investment Adviser Fraud 54Advance-Fee Fraud 49Racketeering / RICO 34Pump-and-Dump 29Accounting / Disclosure Fraud 27Crypto / Digital-Asset Securities 27FCPA Violation 27Affinity Fraud 25Market Manipulation 25Unregistered Securities Offering 22Pre-IPO Fraud 12Broker-Dealer Fraud 9Obstruction of Justice 9unclassified 8Boiler Room 7other 2

Fraud schemes charged under this statute

Corporate Disclosure Fraud regex

Corporate disclosure misstatements broader than accounting alone.

rule / inferenceCorporate disclosure misstatements in periodic / current reports.
SEC filings 10-K10-Q8-K
heuristicslate_filer_cluster
Financial-Statement Fraud regex

Misstated revenue or balance-sheet manipulation in periodic filings.

rule / inferenceMisstated financials / restatement language in periodic filings.
SEC filings 10-K10-Q8-KNT 10-K
heuristicslate_filer_cluster

What to look for in SEC filings

EDGAR form fingerprints across the associated schemes:

10-K10-Q8-KNT 10-K
late_filer_clusterCluster of NT / late periodic filings around the conduct window.

Documents citing this statute 1,060

Florida Woman Pleads Guilty To Orchestrating Multimillion-Dollar Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Fraud press_release health-care-fraud Southern District of New York 2026-04-30U.S. Soldier Charged With Using Classified Information To Profit From Prediction Market Bets press_release insider-trading Southern District of New York 2026-04-23Former Commercial Real Estate Vice President Convicted At Trial Of Fraud And Identity Theft Offenses press_release corporate-fraud Southern District of New York 2026-04-21Dutchess County Couple Charged In Credit Card And Identity Theft Scheme press_release cyber-fraud Southern District of New York 2026-04-21CEO Of Credit Monitoring Company Pleads Guilty In Connection With Nationwide Online Marketing Scheme press_release advance-fee Southern District of New York 2026-03-31Broker Charged With Insider Trading And Obstruction Of Justice press_release insider-trading Southern District of New York 2026-03-30North Carolina Man Pleads Guilty To Music Streaming Fraud Aided By Artificial Intelligence press_release cyber-fraud Southern District of New York 2026-03-19Ghanaian National Pleads Guilty To Stealing More Than $10 Million Via Romance Scams press_release affinity-fraud Southern District of New York 2026-03-05Creator Of “OnlyFake” Charged And Pleads Guilty To Selling More Than 10,000 Digital Fake Identification Documents press_release non-corporate Southern District of New York 2026-02-26Senior Executives Of Telecom Company Charged In Accounting Fraud Scheme press_release accounting-fraud Southern District of New York 2026-02-17Indian National Pleads Guilty To Plotting To Assassinate U.S. Citizen In New York City press_release non-corporate Southern District of New York 2026-02-13Principals Of ‘Pre-IPO’ Funds Plead Guilty To Defrauding Investors press_release boiler-room Southern District of New York 2026-01-30Startup CEO Charged With Fraud press_release pre-ipo-fraud Southern District of New York 2026-01-29Perpetrator Of Nationwide Sports And Pokémon Trading Card Fraud Convicted press_release unclassified Southern District of New York 2026-01-29Former New York City Official Charged With Bribery And Fraud press_release public-corruption Southern District of New York 2026-01-13Bronx Woman Sentenced In Nationwide Sweepstakes Fraud Scheme Targeting The Elderly press_release advance-fee Southern District of New York 2026-01-07Tech Company Executive Sentenced To Prison For Multimillion-Dollar Embezzlement Scheme And Tax Evasion press_release corporate-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-12-18Fraudster Sentenced To 71 Months In Prison For Crypto Ponzi Scheme “IcomTech” press_release ponzi Southern District of New York 2025-12-18U.S. Customs And Border Protection Officer Charged With Bribery Offenses press_release public-corruption Southern District of New York 2025-12-17CEO, CFO, COO Charged In Connection With Billion-Dollar Collapse Of Tricolor Auto press_release accounting-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-12-17Bronx Street Gang Leader And Rapper Kevin Perez, A/K/A “Kay Flock,” Sentenced To 30 Years For Gang-Related Shootings press_release racketeering Southern District of New York 2025-12-16Manager Of Investment Firm Charged With Defrauding Investors In “Pre-IPO” Scheme press_release pre-ipo-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-12-15Crypto-Enabled Fraudster Sentenced For Orchestrating $40 Billion Fraud press_release crypto-securities Southern District of New York 2025-12-11CEO Of Telecommunications Construction Company Charged With Commercial Bribery, Fraud, And Witness Tampering Offenses press_release corporate-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-12-11SEC v. GREGOIRE P. TOURNANT judgment investment-adviser-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-12-05SEC v. GREGOIRE P. TOURNANT judgment investment-adviser-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-12-05Former Senior DEA Official Indicted For Conspiring To Provide Material Support To A Foreign Terrorist Organization press_release non-corporate Southern District of New York 2025-12-05Eight Men Charged In Conspiracy To Steal More Than 100 Cars And Sell Them To Unsuspecting Buyers press_release non-corporate Southern District of New York 2025-11-14Former CEO And Board Chairman Charged With Fraud Scheme Directed At Public Company press_release corporate-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-11-04Former NYPD Officer Charged With Bribery, Narcotics, Firearms, And Robbery Offenses press_release public-corruption Southern District of New York 2025-11-04Former CEO Of Public Telecommunications Company Sentenced To 12 Years In Prison For Accounting Fraud press_release accounting-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-09-25Honduran National Sentenced To Seven Years In Prison For Laundering $12 Million In International Telemarketing Scheme press_release advance-fee Southern District of New York 2025-09-18President Of Queens-Based Construction Company Sentenced For Fraud In Connection With Homeless Shelter Contracts Worth $12 Million press_release corporate-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-09-17Nadine Menendez Sentenced To 54 Months In Prison For Bribery, Foreign Agent, And Obstruction Offenses press_release public-corruption Southern District of New York 2025-09-11Defendant Charged In Over $50 Million Ponzi Scheme And Related Investment Fraud press_release ponzi Southern District of New York 2025-09-09Former Bronx District Leader And Board Of Elections Employee Sentenced To Two Years In Prison For Extortion And Fraud press_release public-corruption Southern District of New York 2025-09-02SUSPENDED BROKER CHARGED FOR ONLINE INVESTMENT FRAUD press_release investment-adviser-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-08-21Founder And Former CEO Of Charity Pleads Guilty To Multimillion-Dollar Charity Fraud And Tax Evasion press_release affinity-fraud Southern District of New York 2025-08-18Mexican Cartel Leader Servando Gomez-Martinez In U.S. Custody On Drug Importation Charge press_release non-corporate Southern District of New York 2025-08-13Do Kwon Pleads Guilty To Fraud press_release crypto-securities Southern District of New York 2025-08-12

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