Fraude minorista en primer grado en Míchigan

Explicación Simple

Si alguien engaña a una tienda para pagar menos o robar algo que cuesta más de mil dólares, está cometiendo un delito grave. Puede ir a la cárcel por hasta 5 años o tener que pagar mucho dinero.

Es como cuando alguien intenta cambiar el precio de un juego en una tienda para que cueste menos y así no pague lo justo. Si lo atrapan, puede meterse en problemas serios.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan entra a una tienda y cambia la etiqueta de un televisor que cuesta $1,200 por una de $200. Cuando el cajero lo ve, se da cuenta del engaño y llama a la policía. Juan podría enfrentarse a una pena de cárcel y a una gran multa.

Penalidades

Prisión de hasta 5 años o multa de hasta $10,000 o tres veces el valor del fraude, o ambas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

MCL 750.356c - Retail fraud in first degree Sec. 356c. (1) A person who does any of the following in a store or in its immediate vicinity is guilty of retail fraud in the first degree, a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $10,000.00 or 3 times the value of the difference in price, property stolen, or money or property obtained or attempted to be obtained, whichever is greater, or both imprisonment and a fine: (a) While a store is open to the public, alters, transfers, removes and replaces, conceals, or otherwise misrepresents the price at which property is offered for sale, with the intent not to pay for the property or to pay less than the price at which the property is offered for sale, if the resulting difference in price is $1,000.00 or more. (b) While a store is open to the public, steals property of the store that is offered for sale at a price of $1,000.00 or more. (c) With intent to defraud, obtains or attempts to obtain money or property from the store as a refund or exchange for property that was not paid for and belongs to the store, if the amount of money or the value of the property obtained or attempted to be obtained is $1,000.00 or more. (2) A person who violates section 356d(1) and who has 1 or more prior convictions for committing or attempting to commit an offense under this section or section 218, 356, 356d(1), or 360 is guilty of retail fraud in the first degree. For purposes of this subsection, however, a prior conviction does not include a conviction for a violation or attempted violation of section 218(2) or (3)(b) or section 356(4)(b) or (5). (3) The values of the difference in price, property stolen, or money or property obtained or attempted to be obtained in separate incidents pursuant to a