Skip to main content

This is archived content from the U.S. Department of Justice website. The information here may be outdated and links may no longer function. Please contact webmaster@usdoj.gov if you have any questions about the archive site.

Criminal Resource Manual

846. Sample Indictment—False Testimony Under Oath, 18 U.S.C. § 152(2)

On or about the ______day of ________ , in the _________District of_____,

JOHN DOE, defendant herein, knowingly and fraudulently made a false material statement under oath in and in relation to a case under Title 11, In re: John Doe, Case No. ______, by falsely testifying under oath in a proceeding before the case trustee at a meeting of creditors that he did not own any shares of XYZ Company when in fact the defendant knew that he owned 200 shares of XYZ Company.

All in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 152.

[cited in USAM 9-41.001]