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There must be a deception. This has the same meaning as for section 15 (according to section 16(3) of the Theft Act 1968). See Deception (criminal law) and Obtaining property by deception#By any deception). There must be causation, as to which, see Deception (criminal law) and Obtaining property by deception#By any deception.
Larceny was a common law offence (created by judicial action) while embezzlement and false pretences were statutory offences (created by legislative action). Larceny is by far the oldest. The elements of larceny were "well-settled" by the 13th century. The only other theft offence then existing was cheat which was a misdemeanor.
Textbook on Criminal Law. Oxford University Press: Oxford. (2005) ISBN 0-19-927918-7. Criminal Law Revision Committee. 8th Report. Theft and Related Offences. Cmnd. 2977; Law Commission Consultation Paper No.15. Fraud and Deception. (October, 1999) [permanent dead link ] Griew, Edward. Theft Acts 1968 & 1978, Sweet & Maxwell: London. ISBN 0 ...
The law imposes “really serious penalties,” with prison time of between five and 30 years for those who commit retail theft and are involved in organized crime groups of five or more ...
In law, fraud is an intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right. Fraud can violate civil law or criminal law, or it may cause no loss of money, property, or legal right but still be an element of another civil or criminal wrong. [1]
The requisite elements of perhaps the most general form of criminal fraud, theft by false pretense, are the intentional deception of a victim by false representation or pretense with the intent of persuading the victim to part with property and with the victim parting with property in reliance on the representation or pretense and with the ...
She faces charges of theft by unlawful taking and multiple counts of unauthorized use of a credit card. According to investigators: On Sept. 11, members of the Perry PTO came to the Hamburg police ...
The Stolen Valor Act of 2013 (Pub. L. 113–12 (text); H.R. 258) is a United States federal law that was passed by the 113th United States Congress.The law amends the federal criminal code to make it a crime for a person to fraudulently claim having received a valor award specified in the Act, with the intention of obtaining money, property, or other tangible benefit by convincing another that ...