Criminal Simulation; Defined and Punished

A person commits a misdemeanor if, with intent to defraud anyone or with knowledge that he is facilitating a fraud to be perpetrated by anyone, he makes, alters or utters any object so that it appears to have value because of antiquity, rarity, source or authorship which it does not possess. SOURCE: *M.P.C. § 224.2; Mass. ch. 266, § 33; N.J. § 2C:21-2. CROSS-REFERENCES: § 46.40 deceptive business practices; § 43.35 -attempted theft by deception; § 13.10 - attempt. COMMENT: This Section is substantively the same as Model Penal Code § 224.2. It is related to § 46.40, but covers person not acting “in the course of business.” It overlaps to some extent § 43.35 insofar as the punishes conduct which could be punished as an attempted theft by deception. Nevertheless, it is believed to be useful for its greater specificity.