OpEdNews - Page 2 of Article: Domestic terrorism: 81 year old black farmer being threatened: sheriff says--get a gun

18 USC 371: Conspiracy to Commit Offense or to Defraud United States

18 USC 641: Public Money, Property, or Records

18 USC 666: Theft or Bribery Concerning Programs Receiving Federal Funds.

18 USC 1001: Statements or Entries Generally (False Statements)

18 USC 1341: Frauds and Swindles (Mail Fraud) Also includes Fed-Ex, etc

18 USC 1343: Wire Fraud

18 USC 1344: Bank Fraud

18 USC 1516: Obstruction of Federal Audit

Depending on the circumstances, civil False Claims actions may also be filed. (Bad Boys, Bad Boys ..... Student Loan Fraud and How the Crooks Get Caught)There is a very clear federal statute, which applies to falsifying federal credit applications to the federal farm loan agencies. Penalties apply to "whomever" makes false statement, reports, or overvalues property as an attempt to influence the federal farm loan agency. See the statute below:

TITLE 18 > PART I > CHAPTER 47 > § 1014Prev | Next § 1014. Loan and credit applications generally; renewals and discounts; crop insuranceWhoever knowingly makes any false statement or report, or willfully overvalues any land, property or security, for the purpose of influencing in any way the action of the Farm Credit Administration, Federal Crop Insurance Corporation or a company the Corporation reinsures, the Secretary of Agriculture acting through the Farmers Home Administration or successor agency, the Rural Development Administration or successor agency, any Farm Credit Bank, production credit association, agricultural credit association, bank for cooperatives, or any division, officer, or employee thereof, or of any regional agricultural credit corporation established pursuant to law, or a Federal land bank, a Federal land bank association, a Federal Reserve bank, a small business investment company, as defined in section 103 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 662), or the Small Business Administration in connection with any provision of that Act, a Federal credit union, an insured State-chartered credit union, any institution the accounts of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of Thrift Supervision, any Federal home loan bank, the Federal Housing Finance Board, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Resolution Trust Corporation, the Farm Credit System Insurance Corporation, or the National Credit Union Administration Board, a branch or agency of a foreign bank (as such terms are defined in paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 1(b) of the International Banking Act of 1978), or an organization operating under section 25 or section 25(a) [1] of the Federal Reserve Act, upon any application, advance, discount, purchase, purchase agreement, repurchase agreement, commitment, or loan, or any change or extension of any of the same, by renewal, deferment of action or otherwise, or the acceptance, release, or substitution of security therefor, shall be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or both. The term "State-chartered credit union" includes a credit union chartered under the laws of a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States.

Now, if your eyes are still in focus after reading that, understand this: federal laws have been written to prosecute anyone in or out of the government for trying to influence the loan process with bogus information or manipulated documents. That being the case, ask yourself why so few people within the federal loan apparatus have been indicted on loan fraud, when a massive amount of anecdotal evidence suggests that there is at least as much fraud in the federal farm loan offices as there is in the mortgage industry?One farmer in eastern Indiana claims a farm loan agent cut her signature off of a loan application. Another in Kansas says a loan officer switched his social security number with that of a black farmer, an action that continues to cause problems for both loan applicants.The amount of "statements or Entries Generally (False Statements), violations of 18 USC 1001 are staggering. In the farm loan industry alone, they number in the tens of thousands.Harry Young's case violates several aspects of federal law, including, but not limited to: Civil Rights law, fraud and forgery statutes, obstruction of justice laws, and various and sundry prohibitions against conspiracy, bank fraud and false statement laws.Young and others continue to file Freedom of Information (FOI) requests with the Farm Service Agency regarding their cases, but many have either been ignored, or receive information which has little if any bearing on the information requested. This, despite an attempt by the Bush Administration, to improve information disclosure.On December 14, 2005, the President issued Executive Order 13,392 on "Improving Agency Disclosure of Information." In the Order, the President stated that "[t]he effective functioning of our constitutional democracy depends upon the participation in public life of a citizenry that is well informed," and that "the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) has provided an important means through which the public can obtain information regarding the activities of Federal agencies." (DOJ press release).

Young has been on the receiving end of terroristic threats and unconstitutional actions from within and outside the federal farm loan bureaucracy. He says he still has faith in the United States as a nation, but the actions of some of its citizens and government employees leave him bitterly disappointed.As a sign in his front yard reads, "How can this happen in America?"

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