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David Singleton, The Times-Tribune, Scranton, Pa. Updated September 6, 2023 at 3:01 PM. ... Beardsley was charged with theft by deception and harassment in two other cases filed last week.
Robert Capone, 51, LeeAnn Branco, 43, and Joseph Parenti, 39, were charged with 60 felonies, including forgery, theft by deception and dealing in the proceeds of unlawful practices, after ...
The offence of obtaining a money transfer by deception, contrary to section 15A of the Theft Act 1968, was specifically enacted to remove the problem caused by R v Preddy and Slade, R v Dhillon. [10] This case held that there no section 15 offence was committed when the defendant caused transfers between the victim's and his own bank account by ...
The elements of the actus reus are similar to the offence of obtaining property by deception: 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).
Crimes of this sort are typically prosecuted as larceny, and may be either a misdemeanor or a felony, based upon the value of the services illegally obtained.This category encompasses a wide variety of criminal activity including tampering with (or bypassing) a utility meter so that the true level of consumption is understated, leaving a hotel or restaurant or similar establishment without ...
Steven Henshaw, Reading Eagle, Pa. September 27, 2023 at 8:54 PM. ... On Sept. 11, members of the Perry PTO came to the Hamburg police station to report a theft of funds.
The 1980 Pennsylvania Lottery scandal, colloquially known as the Triple Six Fix, was a successful plot to rig The Daily Number, a three-digit game of the Pennsylvania Lottery. All of the balls in the three machines, except those numbered 4 and 6 , were weighted, meaning that the drawing was almost sure to be a combination of those digits.
Two women in Pennsylvania have been arrested on charges of stealing nearly $3,500 in roast beef and other items from the Arby’s where they worked.. Officials have filed felony theft charges ...