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oilermom

Junior Member
What is the name of your state? PA

I was reading in the paper about some lady who was being charged with 6 counts of bad checks and 6 counts of theft by deception. What exactly is theft by deception?
 


stephenk

Senior Member
using the bad checks in order to get merchandise. she stole by deceiving the store in having them believe her checks were valid.
 

Happy Trails

Senior Member
oilermom said:
What is the name of your state? PA

I was reading in the paper about some lady who was being charged with 6 counts of bad checks and 6 counts of theft by deception. What exactly is theft by deception?

§ 3922. Theft by deception.
(a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of theft if he intentionally obtains or withholds property of another by deception. A person deceives if he intentionally:

(1) creates or reinforces a false impression, including false impressions as to law, value, intention or other state of mind; but deception as to a person's intention to perform a promise shall not be inferred from the fact alone that he did not subsequently perform the promise;
(2) prevents another from acquiring information which would affect his judgment of a transaction; or
(3) fails to correct a false impression which the deceiver previously created or reinforced, or which the deceiver knows to be influencing another to whom he stands in a fiduciary or confidential relationship.

(b) Exception.--The term "deceive" does not, however, include falsity as to matters having no pecuniary significance, or puffing by statements unlikely to deceive ordinary persons in the group addressed.

Found at site:

http://members.aol.com/StatutesP3/18PA3922.html
 

oilermom

Junior Member
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A friend of mine told me that he thought theft by deception meant that maybe this lady wrote bad checks on a closed account....could that be the case?
 

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