As part of our “Stop Abuse 2009″ campaign, if you mail your payment well ahead of HSBC’s due date, and it is processed as a ‘late payment’ you might be interested in mail fraud. Here are the details:
The United States Code contains federal crimes that are prosecuted by the Department of Justice or its field offices, the United States Attorney’s Offices, in respective districts in the different states. Title 18, United States Code, Section 1341, is titled Frauds and Swindles, and it is commonly referred to as the Mail Fraud statute. Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 1341 reads as follows (in summary):
MAIL FRAUD DEFINITION AND PUNISHMENT
Whoever
1) having devised, or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud,
or
2) for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, or to sell, dispose of, loan
3) something of value or some item
and
4) places in any post office or authorized depository for mail matter
5) any item to be delivered by interstate carrier
shall be fined or imprisoned for not more than 20 years, or both.
Postal Law Violations
Information and complaints on a possible postal law violation must be sent to the appropriate address according to the ZIP Code ranges shown below:
POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE
PO BOX 2613
JERSEY CITY NJ 07303-2613
003-079, 08005, 08006, 08008, 08050, 08087, 08092,
08501-08504, 08506-08510, 08512-08514, 08516,
08517, 08519-08553, 08555-08561, 08600-08639,
08642-08691, 087-098, 100-149
POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE
225 N HUMPHREYS BLVD
MEMPHIS TN 38120-2149
08001-08004, 08007, 08009-08049, 08051-08086,
08088-08091, 08093-08099, 081-084, 08505, 08511,
08515, 08518, 08554, 08562, 08640-08641,
150-39776, 700-799
POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE
222 S RIVERSIDE PLZ STE 1250
CHICAGO IL 60606-6100
400-693, 800-884, 850-999
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