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Whoever falsely personates any true and lawful holder of any share or sum in the public stocks or debt of the United States, or any person entitled to any annuity, dividend, pension, wages, or other debt due from the United States, and, under color of such false personation, transfers or endeavors to transfer such public stock or any part thereof, or receives or endeavors to receive the money of such true and lawful holder thereof, or the money of any person really entitled to receive such annuity, dividend, pension, wages, or other debt, shall be or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
It is a federal crime to pretend to be someone who is owed money by the U.S. government, such as a holder of government bonds or a person due a pension, wages, or dividend. The crime is using that fake identity to transfer the stock or collect, or try to collect, the money.