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Criminal Resource Manual

864. Sample Indictment—Destroying or Mutilating Records of Debtor, 18 U.S.C. § 152(8)

On or about ________ , in the ____________District of ____________, JOHN DOE defendant herein, knowingly and fraudulently destroyed and mutilated inventory records relating to the property of XYZ Company, which company was then in bankruptcy under Title 11, Case No. _________.

All in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 152(8).

[cited in USAM 9-41.001]