O6.1 Bribery of a Bank Officer
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- Instruction
- O6.1
- Statute
- 18 U.S.C. § 215(a)(1)
- Edition
- Eleventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions (Criminal Cases), revised July 2026
- Official source
- Official PDF, page 118
Elements
Quoted word for word from the official text. Eleventh Circuit Pattern Jury Instructions (Criminal Cases), revised July 2026.
The Defendant can be found guilty of this crime only if all the following facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:
(1) the Defendant [gave] [offered] [promised] something of value to the person named in the indictment;
(2) the Defendant did so knowingly and corruptly with the intent to [influence] [reward] an [officer] [director] [employee] [agent] [attorney] of a financial institution in connection with any [business] [transaction] of that institution; and
(3) the money or property [given] [offered] [promised] had a value greater than $1,000.
Related practice page
Bank Insider Crimes in Miami: Embezzlement, False Entries & Bank Bribery
Official source: Official PDF, page 118
Official jury instruction text reproduced for information. It is not legal advice; the instruction given in a case depends on the facts and the court.