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Crimes Committed During an Official Investigation: Forgery and Fabricating Evidence

By Baker Associates

Recently, an ex-official of a county government in Tennessee was accused of forgery and fabricating receipts during an official investigation into county expenditures. Since many news sources only name the crimes for which a suspect has been charged, this blog entry briefly outlines the substantive law applicable to these white collar crimes. Forgery - Under T.C.A. § 39-14-114, a person commits a Class E felony if he or she forged a ?writing? and did so with the intent to defraud or harm another. A common scheme occurs when an employee uses a company credit card or account for personal expenditures and then creates fake receipts to make it look like the expenditures were used for company purposes. Fabricating Evidence - A more serious crime, under T...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on August 05, 2009 (boomark / email).