Part I of the Article outlines the federal public corruption statutory scheme and describes how the Supreme Court has limited these offenses to bribery and kickback schemes that implicate a clear official government decision or act. Part II of the Article undertakes a detailed analysis of the Third Circuit’s decision inUnited States v. Baroni.Specifically, it focuses on the appellate court’s ratification of the theory of prosecution centered on an allegation that the public official obtained by fraud and intentionally misapplied public assets and resources. Part III describes how the Third Circuit’s decision inBaroniis consistent with an established record of the courts sustaining financial crimes prosecutions and the government’s efforts to check the illicit use or misuse of public financial and economic interests. Finally, the Article concludes by explaining that any retreat by federal prosecutors from efforts to disrupt the illicit use and misuse of public financial and economic assets and resources will undermine public confidence in the criminal process.

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联邦刑法规定的作为金融犯罪的公共腐败起诉：针对非法使用和滥用公共资产和资源

文章的第一部分概述了联邦公共腐败法定计划，并描述了最高法院如何将这些罪行限制为涉及明确的官方政府决定或行为的贿赂和回扣计划。文章的第二部分详细分析了第三巡回法院在美国诉巴罗尼案中的裁决。 具体而言，它侧重于上诉法院对以公职人员通过欺诈手段获得并故意滥用公共资产的指控为中心的起诉理论的批准。和资源。第三部分描述了第三巡回法院在 Baroniis 案中的裁决如何与法院维持金融犯罪起诉的既定记录以及政府检查非法使用或滥用公共金融和经济利益的努力保持一致。最后，