371. Compounding crime
Any person who accepts, or agrees or offers to accept any reward under pretence or on account of restoring to the person, or of helping the person to recover, anything which has been appropriated by deception, or other frauds, fraudulent breach of trust or stealing, handling, robbery, or extortion, or unlawful possession, upon the terms or with the understanding that such crime shall be compounded, is liable on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for 10 years.