Try this and you can attain something that even DiM hasn't yet -- a
federal prison record!
On Jan 7, 2008 the President signed into law Public Law 110-177, the Court Security Improvement Act of 2007, 121 Stat.L. 2534.
Sec. 201, captioned
Protections against malicious recording of fictitious liens against federal judges and federal law enforcement officers, added a new section to the Criminal Code, 18 USC sec 1521 {at 121 Stat.L. 2536}:
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Whoever files, attempts to file, or conspires to file, in any public record or in any private record which is generally available to the public, any false lien or encumbrance against the real or personal property of an individual described in section 1114 {*}, on account of the performance of official duties by that individual, knowing or having reason to know that such lien or encumbrance is false or contains any materially false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or representation, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 10 years, or both.
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*} ___Although the caption for this section speaks of law enforcement officers, "an individual described in section 1114" includes:
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... any officer or employee of the United States or of any agency in any branch of the United States Government ... or any person assisting such an officer or employee in the performance of such duties or on account of that assistance...
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So the protection against bogus liens is not really confined to law enforcement but includes non-law enforcement federal personnel such as IRS employees.
I might add that several states have also enacted laws against bogus liens against federal, state, or municipal govt employees, making it more difficult to file such liens, easier for such liens to be annulled and expunged, and providing criminal penalties for filing groundless liens.
DiM hasn't been locked in a federal slammer ....yet, but I am sure he can give you advice about forming meaningful relationships behind bars.