18 U.S.C. § 157

Bankruptcy fraud

A person who, having devised or intending to devise a scheme or artifice to defraud and for the purpose of executing or concealing such a scheme or artifice or attempting to do so—

(1)

files a petition under title 11, including a fraudulent involuntary petition under section 303 of such title;

(2)

files a document in a proceeding under title 11; or

(3)

makes a false or fraudulent representation, claim, or promise concerning or in relation to a proceeding under title 11, at any time before or after the filing of the petition, or in relation to a proceeding falsely asserted to be pending under such title,

shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.

(Added Pub. L. 103–394, title III, § 312(a)(1)(B) , Oct. 22, 1994 , 108 Stat. 4140 ; amended Pub. L. 109–8, title III, § 332(c) , Apr. 20, 2005 , 119 Stat. 103 ; Pub. L. 111–327, § 2(b) , Dec. 22, 2010 , 124 Stat. 3562 .)