Presentación de reclamos fraudulentos ante autoridades estatales

Explicación Simple

Si alguien intenta engañar a una oficina del gobierno mostrando documentos falsos para recibir dinero, está cometiendo un delito. Esto puede llevar a penas de cárcel o multas. Es como hacer trampa para ganar dinero sin haber trabajado por ello.

Es como si en un juego de cartas alguien intentara hacer trampa mostrando una carta que no tiene. Si lo atrapan, pierde el juego y puede enfrentarse a sanciones.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan, un vendedor, presenta un recibo falso para reclamar el reembolso de un gasto en su empresa. La oficina del estado descubre que el recibo no es auténtico. Juan podría enfrentar una multa o incluso ir a la cárcel por intentar engañar al gobierno.

Penalidades

Multas de hasta $10,000 y/o prisión de hasta un año.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

Penal Code - PEN PART 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS [25 - 680.4] ( Part 1 enacted 1872. ) TITLE 5. OF CRIMES BY AND AGAINST THE EXECUTIVE POWER OF THE STATE [67 - 77] ( Title 5 enacted 1872. ) 72. Every person who, with intent to defraud, presents for allowance or for payment to any state board or officer, or to any county, city, or district board or officer, authorized to allow or pay the same if genuine, any false or fraudulent claim, bill, account, voucher, or writing, is punishable either by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not more than one year, by a fine of not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both that imprisonment and fine, or by imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170, by a fine of not exceeding ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or by both such imprisonment and fine. As used in this section “officer” includes a “carrier,” as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 14124.70 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, authorized to act as an agent for a state board or officer or a county, city, or district board or officer, as the case may be. (Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 237. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)