5th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 2.23B

18 U.S.C. § 513(b)

Title 18, United States Code, Section 513(b), makes it a crime for anyone to make [receive]

[possess] [sell] [otherwise transfer] an implement designed for making a counterfeit or forged

security with the intent that it be so used.

For you to find the defendant guilty of this crime, you must be convinced that the

government has proved each of the following beyond a reasonable doubt:

First: That the defendant made [received] [possessed] [sold] [otherwise transferred] an

implement;

Second: That the implement was designed for making a counterfeit or forged security; and

Third: That the defendant intended that the implement be used to make a counterfeit or

forged security.

The term “counterfeit” means a document that purports to be genuine but is not, because it

has been falsely made or manufactured in its entirety.

The term “forged” means a document that purports to be genuine but is not because it has

been falsely altered, completed, signed, or endorsed, or contains a false addition thereto or

insertion therein, or is a combination of parts of two or more genuine documents.

The term “security” means, in relevant part, a note, stock certificate, treasury stock

certificate, bond, treasury bond, debenture, certificate of deposit, interest of coupon, bill, check,

draft, warrant, debit instrument as defined in § 916(c) of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act, money

order, traveler’s check, letter of credit, warehouse receipt, negotiable bill of lading, evidence of

indebtedness, certificate of interest in or participating in any profit -sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, pr e-reorganization certificate of subscription, transferable share, investment

contract, voting trust certificate or certificate of interest in tangible or intangible property.