Set base offense level and special offense characteristics (SOCs).

Total Offense Level:8

Selected Guideline: 2C1.8 - Making, Receiving, or Failing to Report a Contribution, Donation, or Expenditure in Violation of the Federal Election Campaign Act; Fraudulently Misrepresenting Campaign Authority; Soliciting or Receiving a Donation in Connection with an Election While on Certain Federal Property

Total Offense Level:8

Statutory Provisions:

18 U.S.C. § 607
52 U.S.C. §§ 30109(d), 30114, 30116, 30117, 30118, 30119, 30120, 30121, 30122, 30123, 30124(a), 30125, 30126. For additional provision(s), see Appendix A (Statutory Index)

Special Offense Characteristics:

Check the characteristics that apply to calculate the total offense level.

the value of the illegal transactions exceeded $6,500, increase by the number of levels from the table in §2B1.1 (Theft, Property Destruction, and Fraud) corresponding to that amount

See table in §2B1.1 for specific adjustment levels.

(Apply the greater) If the offense involved, directly or indirectly, an illegal transaction made by or received from - (Apply Greatest)

Option A: a foreign national +2 levels

Option B: a government of a foreign country +4 levels

+2 levels

Option A: the offense involved the contribution, donation, solicitation, expenditure, disbursement, or receipt of governmental funds undefined levels

Option B: the defendant committed the offense for the purpose of obtaining a specific, identifiable non-monetary federal benefit undefined levels

the defendant engaged in 30 or more illegal transactions

+2 levels

the offense involved a contribution, donation, solicitation, or expenditure made or obtained through intimidation, threat of pecuniary or other harm, or coercion

+4 levels

Cross References:

If the offense involved a bribe or gratuity:

Apply 2C1.1or2C1.2apply §2C1.1 (Offering, Giving, Soliciting, or Receiving a Bribe; Extortion Under Color of Official Right; Fraud Involving the Deprivation of the Intangible Right to Honest Services of Public Officials; Conspiracy to Defraud by Interference with Governmental Functions) or §2C1.2 (Offering, Giving, Soliciting, or Receiving a Gratuity), as appropriate

Chapter 2 Offense Level Calculation:

Base Offense Level:0

Current Total:8

Chapter 2 Adjustments

Statutory Provisions:

Special Offense Characteristics:

Cross References:

Chapter 2 Offense Level Calculation: