Legal Question in Criminal Law in Virginia

embezzlement/fraud case

if a person uses a company issued

credit card to make personal

purchases and then alters or

fabricates the receipts and turns

them in as business expenses what is

the likely charge? and the likely

sentence if convicted? (state of

virginia, over $50000 in charges, no

previous criminal history)


Asked on 11/24/07, 5:28 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: embezzlement/fraud case

Some charge amounting to theft such as obtaining money under false pretenses, would be likely from this scenario.

Given the amount of the defalcation, this offense, of course, would be a felony, and depending upon the jurisdiction involved could easily result in actual time served by the one convicted ranging from 1-5 years in the state penitentiary.

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Answered on 11/24/07, 8:09 pm


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