18 U.S.C. § 892
Making extortionate extensions of credit
United States · Title 18 — CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Status: effective
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In any prosecution under this section, if it is shown that all of the following factors were present in connection with the extension of credit in question, there is prima facie evidence that the extension of credit was extortionate, but this subsection is nonexclusive and in no way limits the effect or applicability of subsection (a):
The repayment of the extension of credit, or the performance of any promise given in consideration thereof, would be unenforceable, through civil judicial processes against the debtor
At the time the extension of credit was made, the debtor reasonably believed that either
Legislative history
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- Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994