Middlesex County Forgery Lawyers

Forgery (2c:21-1) is a classic white collar crime. From checks to official documents, forgery covers a broad range of scenarios. Likewise, there are a broad range of defendants who are charged with forgery. The charge usually accompanies other offenses such as theft and uttering. For example, in a check case, the crime of forgery is complete when the defendant writes a false name on the check. The crime of uttering is complete when the check is presented. The crime of theft is complete when the money is taken. Whether you are charged with one count of forgery or many forgery related crimes, call the Middlesex County forgery lawyer with white collar crime experience.

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2C:21-1. Forgery

a. Forgery. A person is guilty of forgery if, with purpose to defraud or injure anyone, or with knowledge that he is facilitating a fraud or injury to be perpetrated by anyone, the actor:

(1) Alters or changes any writing of another without his authorization;

(2) Makes, completes, executes, authenticates, issues or transfers any writing so that it purports to be the act of another who did not authorize that act or of a fictitious person, or to have been executed at a time or place or in a numbered sequence other than was in fact the case, or to be a copy of an original when no such original existed.