Title 14 — Crimes
77 chapters · 525 sections in this title.
14 V.I.C. § 831 Intent to defraud, sufficiency
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Whenever, by any provisions of this Code, an intent to defraud is necessary to constitute a crime, it is sufficient if any intent appears to defraud any person, as such term is defined in section 41 of Title 1, or any body politic.
14 V.I.C. § 832 Conveyance or concealment of property in fraud of creditors
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(1) Whoever—(1) fraudulently removes his property or effects beyond the jurisdiction of the courts or fraudulently sells, conveys, assigns, or conceals his property, with intent to defraud, hinder, or delay his creditors of their rights, claims, or demands; or(2) having an action…
14 V.I.C. § 833 Participating in frauds on creditors
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(1) Whoever—(1) is a party to any fraudulent conveyance of any property, real or personal, or any right or interest issuing out of the same, or to any bond, suit, judgment, or execution, contract or conveyance, had, made or contrived, with intent to deceive and defraud others, or…
14 V.I.C. § 834 Obtaining money by false pretense
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(1) Whoever knowingly and designedly, by false or fraudulent representation or pretenses, defrauds any other person of money or property, shall—(1) if such property or money was less than $100 in value, be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both; or(2…
14 V.I.C. § 835 Drawing and delivering worthless checks
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(a) Whoever makes, draws, utters, or delivers any check, draft or order for the payment of money—(1) to the value of $100 or more upon any bank or other depository knowing at the time of such making, drawing, uttering or delivering that the maker or drawer has not sufficient fund…
14 V.I.C. § 836 Production of fraudulent heir
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Whoever fraudulently produces an infant, falsely pretending it to have been born of any parent whose child would be entitled to inherit, with intent to intercept the inheritance, shall be imprisoned not more than 10 years.
14 V.I.C. § 837 Reselling sold property
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(1) Whoever, after once selling, bartering, or disposing of any property, real or personal, or any interest therein, or after executing any bond or agreement for the sale of such property, again willfully and with intent to defraud previous or subsequent purchasers—(1) sells, bar…
14 V.I.C. § 838 Misrepresentation of competency by a married person
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Whoever, being married, falsely and fraudulently represents himself or herself as competent to sell or mortgage any real estate to the validity of which sale or mortgage the assent or concurrence of his wife or her husband is necessary, and under such representation, willfully co…
14 V.I.C. § 839 Defrauding hotels, restaurants
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(a) Any person who shall put up at any hotel, motel, inn, restaurant or cafe as a guest and shall procure any food, entertainment or accommodation without paying therefor, except when credit is given therefor by express agreement, with intent to defraud such keeper thereof out of…
14 V.I.C. § 840 Defrauding pledgees
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(1) Whoever, after pledging as security any real or personal property whatever, for a loan or other security, during the existence of said pledge, with the intent to defraud the pledgee, his representatives or assigns, transfers, sells, takes, drives or carries away or otherwise …
14 V.I.C. § 841 Fraudulent burning of insured property
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Whoever willfully burns or in any other manner injures or destroys any property which is at the time insured against loss or damage by fire, or by any other casualty, with intent to defraud or prejudice the insurer, whether the same be the property or in possession of such person…
14 V.I.C. § 842 Fraudulent insurance claims
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(1) Whoever—(1) presents any false or fraudulent claim, or any proof in support of such claim, upon any contract of insurance for the payment of any loss; or(2) prepares, makes, or subscribes any account, certificate of survey, affidavit, or proof of loss, or other book, paper, o…
14 V.I.C. § 843 Fraudulent claims upon the government
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(a) Whoever knowingly or willfully(1) makes or presents any false, fictitious or fraudulent claim upon or against the Government of the Virgin Islands or any officer, department, board, commission, or other agency thereof; or(2) falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, sch…
14 V.I.C. § 844 Evidence of false pretenses
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(1) Upon a trial for having, by any false pretense, obtained—(1) the signature of any person to any written instrument; or(2) from any person any valuable thing—no evidence shall be admitted of a false pretense expressed orally and unaccompanied by a false token or writing; unles…
14 V.I.C. § 845 Failure to supply full and truthful statement
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Whoever, being a seller, knowingly and willfully makes or delivers or causes to be made or delivered statements as provided for in sections 6-104 and 6-108 of Title 11A which do not include the names of all his creditors with the correct amount due and to become due to each of th…
14 V.I.C. § 846 Failure of purchaser to demand statement or to distribute proceeds or to notify creditors
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Whoever, being a purchaser, knowingly and willfully fails or neglects to demand from the seller the statement provided for in section 6-104 of Title 11A; or knowingly or willfully fails or neglects to perform any of the acts required of him by sections 6-105 and 6-106 of Title 11…
14 V.I.C. § 847 Issue of receipt for goods not received
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A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a receipt knowing that the goods for which such receipt is issued have not been actually received by such warehouseman, or are not under his actual control at the time of issuing su…
14 V.I.C. § 848 Issue of receipt containing false statement
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A warehouseman, or any officer, agent or servant of a warehouseman, who fraudulently issues or aids in fraudulently issuing a receipt for goods knowing that it contains any false statement shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.
14 V.I.C. § 849 Issue of duplicate receipts not so marked
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A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman, who issues or aids in issuing a duplicate or additional negotiable receipt for goods knowing that a former negotiable receipt for the same goods or any part of them is outstanding and uncancelled, without plainl…
14 V.I.C. § 850 Issue for warehouseman's goods of receipts which do not state that fact
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Where there are deposited with or held by a warehouseman goods of which he is owner, either solely or jointly or in common with others, such warehouseman, or any of his officers, agents, or servants who, knowing this ownership, issues or aids in issuing a negotiable receipt for s…
14 V.I.C. § 851 Delivery of goods without obtaining negotiable receipt
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A warehouseman, or any officer, agent, or servant of a warehouseman who delivers goods out of the possession of such warehouseman, knowing that a negotiable receipt the negotiation of which would transfer the right to the possession of such goods is outstanding and uncancelled, w…
14 V.I.C. § 852 Negotiation of receipt for mortgaged goods
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Any person who deposits goods to which he has not title, or upon which there is a lien or mortgage, and who takes for such goods a negotiable receipt which he afterwards negotiates for value with intent to deceive and without disclosing his want of title or the existence of the l…