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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 14 - Crimes » Chapter 41 - Fraud and False Statements » § 852. Negotiation of receipt for mortgaged goods

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 lien or mortgage shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both.