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.
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 pending against him or a judgment for the recovery of any personal […]
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 to defeat, hinder, or delay creditors or […]
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) if such property or money was […]
(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 funds in, or credit with, […]
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.
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, barters, or disposes of the same property, or any part thereof, or […]
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 conveys or mortgages the same, shall be imprisoned not more than […]
(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 the pay for the same, or who, with […]
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 disposes of or permits the transferring, selling, taking or carrying away or […]
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, or of any other, shall […]
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, or writing, with intent to present or use […]
Whoever— (1) makes or presents any claim upon or against the government of the Virgin Islands or any officer, department, board, commission, or other agency thereof, knowing such claim to be false, fictitious or fraudulent; (2) knowingly and willfully falsifies, conceals, or covers up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact; (3) makes […]
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; unless such pretense, or some note or memorandum […]
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 them, or which contain […]
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 11A, shall be fined not more than […]
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 such receipt, shall be fined not […]
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.
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 plainly placing upon the face thereof the word “Duplicate” except […]
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 such goods which does not state such […]
