Federal crime

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In the United States, a federal crime or federal offense is a crime that is either made illegal by U.S. federal legislation or a crime that occurs on U.S. federal property.

Mail fraud which crosses state lines or involves the (national) US Postal Service counts as a federal offense.

The FBI has been granted powers to investigate federal offenses.

The term "federal offence" also has a separate meaning in Canada.

Other federal crimes include kidnapping, tax evasion, counterfeiting, as well as damaging or destoying mailboxes, and more recently, Assassinating the President, though it wasn't deemed a federal crime until after John F. Kennedy's death.