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# 18 U.S.C. § 1346 - Definition of “scheme or artifice to defraud”
## Text
For the purposes of this chapter, the term “scheme or artifice to defraud” includes a scheme or artifice to deprive another of the intangible right of honest services.
(Added Pub. L. 100690, title VII, § 7603(a), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4508.)