[CH9] Fraud

[09] [01] Forgery

(a) Forgery includes making, passing, or uttering a forged instrument. Forgery of a check, will, mortgage, security instrument, deed, credit card, or commercial paper is a felony.

(b) Forgery of United States currency, stamps, or government documents or securities is a felony.

Fine: $2,500

[09] [02] Criminal Simulation

(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to defraud or harm others;

1. One makes or alters an object, in whole or in part, so that it appears to have value because of age, antiquity, rarity, source or authorship that is does not have.
2. One sells, passes, or otherwise utters an object so made or altered.
3. One possesses an object so made or altered, with intent to sell, pass, otherwise utter it.
4. One authenticates or certifies an object so made or altered as genuine or as different from what it is.

Fine: $650

[09] [03] Credit Card Abuse

(a) Credit card abuse includes:

1. Use of the card without effective consent of the cardholder.
2. Use of a fictitious credit card or the pretend numbers of a fictitious card.
3. Theft of a credit card or with knowledge of it being stolen, receipt of a credit card with intent to use it.
4. Buying a credit card from a person known not to be the issuer.
5. Not being the issuer, selling a credit card.
6. Using the cardholders credit to obtain property or service that the cardholder is not financially able to pay.
7. Without effective consent, writing or signing one's name or the name of another credit card.
8. Possessing two or more incomplete credit cards that have not been issued to one with intent to complete them.

Fine: $2,750

[09] [04] Deceptive Business Practices

(a) Offenses of the following deceptive business practices when committed either knowingly or recklessly.

1. Using, selling or possessing for use or sale a false weight, or any other device for falsely determining or recording quality or quantity.
2. Selling less than the represented quantity of a proper service.
3. Taking more than the represented quantity of property or service.
4. Representing that a commodity or service is of a particular style, grade, or model if it is of another.
5. Advertising property or service with intent: (1) not to sell as advertised. (2) Not to supply reasonable expectable public demand, unless the advertising adequately discloses a time or quantity limit.
6. Representing the price of property or service falsely or in a way tending to mislead.

Fine: $1,250

[09] [05] Fraudulent Destruction, Removal, or Concealment of Writing

(a) If with intent to defraud, one destroys, removes, conceals, or alters any writing which includes:

1. Printing or any other method of recording information.
2. Money, coins, tokens, stamps, seals, credit cards, badges, trademarks.
3. Symbols of value, right, privilege or identification.
4. Labels, price tags, or marking on goods.

Felony Fine: $1,250

Misdemeanour Jail Time: 15 Seconds

Misdemeanour Fine: $750