Delitos de falsificación y su gravedad en Washington

Explicación Simple

Falsificar es como hacer un dibujo de un billete y tratar de gastarlo. Si alguien usa el dibujo para engañar a otros, eso es un delito. También es malo si te hacen firmar algo sin que sepas que no es real.

Es como si alguien hiciera una copia falsa de tu tarjeta de identificación y la usara para comprar cosas. Esa copia no es verdadera, pero la persona intenta hacer que parezca que sí lo es.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan encuentra una carta con la firma de su jefe, pero decide cambiarla para pedir un préstamo. Al presentar la carta, está engañando al banco. Este acto de falsificación podría llevarlo a enfrentar serias consecuencias legales.

Penalidades

La falsificación y delitos relacionados son considerados delitos de clase C, lo que puede llevar a penas de cárcel y multas.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

RCW 9A.60.020 - Forgery (1) A person is guilty of forgery if, with intent to injure or defraud:(a) He falsely makes, completes, or alters a written instrument or;(b) He possesses, utters, offers, disposes of, or puts off as true a written instrument which he knows to be forged.(2) In a proceeding under this section that is related to an identity theft under RCW 9.35.020, the crime will be considered to have been committed in any locality where the person whose means of identification or financial information was appropriated resides, or in which any part of the offense took place, regardless of whether the defendant was ever actually in that locality.(3) Forgery is a class C felony. RCW 9A.60.030 - Obtaining a signature by deception or duress (1) A person is guilty of obtaining a signature by deception or duress if by deception or duress and with intent to defraud or deprive he causes another person to sign or execute a written instrument.(2) Obtaining a signature by deception or duress is a class C felony. RCW 9A.60.040 - Criminal impersonation in the first degree (1) A person is guilty of criminal impersonation in the first degree if the person:(a) Assumes a false identity and does an act in his or her assumed character with intent to defraud another or for any other unlawful purpose; or(b) Pretends to be a representative of some person or organization or a public servant and does an act in his or her pretended capacity with intent to defraud another or for any other unlawful purpose.(2) Criminal impersonation in the first degree is a class C felony.