§ 38. Fraud involving aircraft or space vehicle parts in interstate or foreign commerce
(a)
Offenses.—
Whoever, in or affecting interstate or foreign commerce, knowingly and with the intent to defraud—
(1)
(2)
exports from or imports or introduces into the United States, sells, trades, installs on or in any aircraft or space vehicle any aircraft or space vehicle part using or by means of a fraudulent representation, document, record, certification, depiction, data plate, label, or electronic communication; or
shall be punished as provided in subsection (b).
(b)
Penalties.—
The punishment for an offense under subsection (a) is as follows:
(1)
Aviation quality.—
If the offense relates to the aviation quality of a part and the part is installed in an aircraft or space vehicle, a fine of not more than $500,000, imprisonment for not more than 15 years, or both.
(2)
Failure to operate as represented.—
If, by reason of the failure of the part to operate as represented, the part to which the offense is related is the proximate cause of a malfunction or failure that results in serious bodily injury (as defined in section
1365), a fine of not more than $1,000,000, imprisonment for not more than 20 years, or both.
(3)
Failure resulting in death.—
If, by reason of the failure of the part to operate as represented, the part to which the offense is related is the proximate cause of a malfunction or failure that results in the death of any person, a fine of not more than $1,000,000, imprisonment for any term of years or life, or both.
(c)
Civil Remedies.—
(1)
In general.—
The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this section by issuing appropriate orders, including—
(A)
ordering a person (convicted of an offense under this section) to divest any interest, direct or indirect, in any enterprise used to commit or facilitate the commission of the offense, or to destroy, or to mutilate and sell as scrap, aircraft material or part inventories or stocks;
(d)
Criminal Forfeiture.—
(1)
In general.—
The court, in imposing sentence on any person convicted of an offense under this section, shall order, in addition to any other sentence and irrespective of any provision of State law, that the person forfeit to the United States—
(2)
Application of other law.—
The forfeiture of property under this section, including any seizure and disposition of the property, and any proceedings relating to the property, shall be governed by section 413 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse and Prevention Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 853) (not including subsection (d) of that section).
(e)
Construction With Other Law.—
This section does not preempt or displace any other remedy, civil or criminal, provided by Federal or State law for the fraudulent importation, sale, trade, installation, or introduction into commerce of an aircraft or space vehicle part.
(f)
Territorial Scope.—
This section also applies to conduct occurring outside the United States if—
(1)
the offender is a natural person who is a citizen or permanent resident alien of the United States, or an organization organized under the laws of the United States or political subdivision thereof;