§ 1081. Larceny defined and classified
(a) Larceny is the unlawful taking, stealing, carrying, leading, or driving away the personal property of another. (b) Larceny is divided into two degrees, grand larceny and petit larceny.
§ 1082. Appropriating lost property
Whoever finds lost property, and appropriates such property to his own use, or to the use of another person not entitled thereto, is guilty of larceny.
§ 1083. Grand larceny
(a) Whoever takes property— (1) which is of $500 or more in value; or (2) from the person of another— commits grand larceny and shall be imprisoned for not more than 10 years. (b) Whoever is convicted of grand larceny shall be required to pay mandatory restitution.
§ 1084. Petit larceny
(a) Whoever commits larceny under any other circumstances is guilty of petit larceny and shall be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both. (b) Whoever is convicted of petit larceny shall be required to pay mandatory restitution.
§ 1085. Severance of fixture from realty as larceny
The provisions of this chapter apply where the thing taken is any fixture or part of the realty, and is severed at the time of the taking, in the same manner as if the thing had been severed by another person at a previous time.
§ 1086. Valuation of evidences of debt
If the thing stolen consists of any evidence of debt, or other written instrument, the amount of money due thereupon, or secured to be paid thereby, and remaining unsatisfied, or which in any contingency might be collected thereon, or the value of the property the title to which is shown thereby, or the sum which […]
§ 1087. Embezzlement defined
Embezzlement is the fraudulent appropriation of property by a person to whom it has been entrusted.
§ 1088. Undelivered negotiable instruments as property
Any evidence of debt, negotiable by delivery only, and actually executed, is the subject of embezzlement, whether it has been delivered or issued as a valid instrument or not.
§ 1089. Embezzlement by public and private officers
Whoever, being an officer of the Virgin Islands or a subdivision thereof, or a deputy, clerk, or servant of such officer, or an officer, director, trustee, clerk, servant, attorney, or agent of any association, society, or corporation (public or private), fraudulently appropriates to any use or purpose not in the due and lawful execution of […]
§ 1090. Embezzlement by carriers
Whoever, being a carrier or other person having under his control personal property for the purpose of transportation for hire, fraudulently appropriates it to any use or purpose, inconsistent with the safekeeping of such property and its transportation according to his trust is guilty of embezzlement, whether he has broken the package in which such […]
§ 1091. Embezzlement by fiduciaries
Whoever, being a trustee, banker, merchant, broker, attorney, agent, assignee in trust, executor, administrator, or collector, or person otherwise intrusted with or having in his control property for the use of any other person, fraudulently appropriates it to any use or purpose not in the due and lawful execution of his trust, or secretes it […]
§ 1092. Embezzlement by bailee
Whoever, being intrusted with any property as bailee, tenant, or lodger, or with any power of attorney for the sale or transfer thereof, fraudulently converts the same or the proceeds thereof to his own use, or secretes it or them with a fraudulent intent to convert to his own use, is guilty of embezzlement.
§ 1093. Embezzlement by clerks, agents, employees, etc.
Whoever, being a clerk, agent, or servant of any person, fraudulently appropriates to his own use, or secretes with a fraudulent intent to appropriate to his own use, any property of another which has come into his control or care by virtue of his employment as such clerk, agent or servant, is guilty of embezzlement.
§ 1094. Punishment for embezzlement
(a) Whoever is guilty of embezzlement shall— (1) if the property or money embezzled was less than $100 in value, be fined not more than $200 or imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both; or (2) if the property or money embezzled was $100 or more in value, be imprisoned not more than 10 […]