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5th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 2.80B

BANK THEFT

activein force · 2026-08-19 – presentas-observed

18 U.S.C. § 2113(b)

Title 18, United States Code, Sectio n 2113(b), makes it a crime for anyone to take and

carry away, with intent to steal or purloin, any property or money or any other thing of value

exceeding $1,000 belonging to or in the care, custody, control, management, or possession of any

federally insured bank [credit union] [savings and loan association].

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 took and carried away money [property] [a thing of value]

belonging to [in the care, custody, control, management, possession of] ___________ (name bank,

credit union, or insured savings and loan association);

Second: That at that time ____________ (name bank, credit union, or insured savings and

loan association), a bank [credit union] [savings and loan association] had its deposits insured by

the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation;

Third: That the defendant took and carried away such money [property] [thing of value]

with the intent to steal; and

Fourth: That such money [property] [thing of value] exceeded $1,000 in value.

A “federally insured bank” means any bank with deposits insured by the Federal Deposit

Insurance Corporation.

[A “federally insured credit union” means any federal credit union and any state-chartered

credit union the accounts of which are insured by the National Credit Union Administration Board.

A state-chartered credit union includes a credit union chartered under the laws of a state of the

United States, the District of Columbia, or any commonwealth, territory, or possession of the

United States.]

[A “federally insured savings and loan association” means any savings and loan association

the deposits of which are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.]

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