Legal Question in Criminal Law in Massachusetts

Deposit

A person I know gave a used car salesman a thousand

dollars as a down payment on a car. The salesman

never produced the vehicle discussed and refused to

return the deposit money. Is this a larceny by false

pretense and can the salesman be arrested.


Asked on 4/06/05, 10:31 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
George Davis Law Office of T. George Davis, Jr.

Re: Deposit

Based on the limited information you provided, I'm not certain whether this would be "larceny by false pretense," but it appears that some form of larceny could be charged. It is highly unlikely that the salesman would be arrested, but rather he would be ordered to appear in court, by way of a summons served on him, to answer the charges.

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Answered on 4/07/05, 8:02 am


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