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Conspiracy A conspiracy under the defraud clause of the federal conspiracy statute, 18 U.S.C. § 371, which makes it a crime to defraud the United States or any of its agencies and has been interpreted to include both cheating the government out of money or property and any effort to interfere with or obstruct a lawful governmental function through deceit or dishonesty.

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— United States v. Gricco

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