Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania

Forgery of spouse signature by spouse for credit card purposes

Is there any law forbidding a wife to complete a credit card application and sign that application as the husband (forgery) and use the account to her benefit? Would this be considered forgery?


Asked on 10/12/07, 6:02 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

John Gibson John W. Gibson, Esquire

Re: Forgery of spouse signature by spouse for credit card purposes

If she had the intent to injure or defraud anyone, yes it would be forgery. It would be difficult to prove though because of the element of intent.

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Answered on 10/20/07, 2:17 pm


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