Title 18, CRIMES AND OFFENSES

(a) Writings.--A person commits a misdemeanor of the first degree if, knowing that he has no privilege to do so, he falsifies, destroys, removes or conceals any writing or record, or distinguishing mark or brand or other identification with intent to deceive or injure anyone or t…

(a) Offense defined.-- (1) A person commits an offense if he issues or passes a check or similar sight order for the payment of money, knowing that it will not be honored by the drawee. (2) A person commits an offense if he, knowing that it will not be honored by the drawee, issu…

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if he: (1) uses an access device to obtain or in an attempt to obtain property or services with knowledge that: (i) the access device is counterfeit, altered or incomplete; (ii) the access device was issued to another person who h…

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if, with intent to defraud or injure anyone or with knowledge that he may be facilitating a fraud or injury to be perpetrated by anyone, he: (1) produces or traffics in device-making equipment; or (2) possesses device-making equip…

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if, in the course of business, the person: (1) uses or possesses for use a false weight or measure, or any other device for falsely determining or recording any quality or quantity; (2) sells, offers or exposes for sale, or delive…

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits a misdemeanor of the third degree if in the course of business, he knowingly sells or exposes for sale any food product represented as kosher or kosher style when such food product is not kosher, said representation having been made orally, …

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits a felony of the third degree if, in the course of business, he: (1) Fraudulently obtains or retains certification as a minority business enterprise or a women's business enterprise. (2) Willfully makes a false statement, whether by affidavit…

(a) Corrupt employee, agent or fiduciary.--An employee, agent or fiduciary commits a misdemeanor of the second degree when, without the consent of his employer or principal, he solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit from another person upon agreement or understanding …

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits a misdemeanor of the first degree if, with intent to prevent a publicly exhibited contest from being conducted in accordance with the rules and usages purporting to govern it, he: (1) confers or offers or agrees to confer any benefit upon, o…

A person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if he destroys, removes, conceals, encumbers, transfers or otherwise deals with property subject to a security interest or after levy has been made thereon with intent to hinder enforcement of such interest.

A person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if, knowing that proceedings have been or are about to be instituted for the appointment of a receiver or other person entitled to administer property for the benefit of creditors, or that any other composition or liquidation fo…

An officer, manager or other person directing or participating in the direction of a financial institution commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if he receives or permits the receipt of a deposit, premium payment or other investment in the institution knowing that: (1) due t…

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if he applies or disposes of property that has been entrusted to him as a fiduciary, or property of the government or of a financial institution, in a manner which he knows is unlawful and involves substantial risk of loss or detr…

A person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if by deception he causes another to execute any instrument affecting or purporting to affect or likely to affect the pecuniary interest of any person.

A person commits a misdemeanor of the second degree if, without due authority, he pretends or holds himself out to any one as an employee of any person for the purpose of gaining access to any premises.

(a) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this subsection: "Manufacturer." The person or entity which authorized or caused the recording or transfer of sounds, images or a combination of sounds and images t…

(a) Offense.--A person commits the offense of unauthorized operation of a recording device in a motion picture theater if the person operates a recording device in the theater without written authority or permission from the motion picture theater owner. (b) Theater owner rights.…

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if the person does any of the following: (1) Knowingly and with the intent to defraud a State or local government agency files, presents or causes to be filed with or presented to the government agency a document that contains fal…

A person commits a felony of the third degree if, with intent to deceive anyone or with knowledge that the person is facilitating a deception to be perpetrated by anyone concerning the true mileage of a motor vehicle, the person makes or causes to be made an application for a cer…

(a) Offense defined.--Any person who knowingly and with intent to sell or to otherwise transfer for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain: (1) manufactures; (2) sells; (3) offers for sale; (4) displays; (5) advertises; (6) distributes; or (7) transports any i…

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits the offense of identity theft of another person if he possesses or uses, through any means, identifying information of another person without the consent of that other person to further any unlawful purpose. (b) Separate offenses.--Each time…

(a) Offense defined.--A person commits an offense if: (1) The person, with the intent to defraud another person: (i) uses a device to access, read, obtain, memorize or store, temporarily or permanently, information encoded on the computer chip, magnetic strip or stripe or other s…