Chronic respiratory failure is a serious illness that gets worse over time. As the condition increases in severity, people may develop an abnormal heart rhythm or slip into a coma. Causes
Learner's definition of DEFRAUD : to trick or cheat someone or something in order to get money: to use fraud in order to get money from a person, an organization, etc. [+ object]
Section 371 reaches any conspiracy for the purpose of impairing, obstructing or defeating the lawful function of any department of Government.. Tanner v. United States, 483 U.S. 107, 128 (1987); see Dennis v. United States, 384 U.S. 855 (1966). The defraud part of section 371 criminalizes any willful impairment of a legitimate function of government, whether or not the improper acts or objective are criminal under another statute.. United States v. Tuohey, 867 F.2d 534, 537 (9th Cir.