                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

OBTAINING MONEY OR SIGNATURE, ETC., BY FALSE PRETENSE (§ 18.2-178)

A. If any person obtain, by any false pretense or token, from any person, with
intent to defraud, money, a gift certificate or other property that may be the
subject of larceny, he shall be deemed guilty of larceny thereof; or if he
obtain, by any false pretense or token, with such intent, the signature of any
person to a writing, the false making whereof would be forgery, he shall be
guilty of a Class 4 felony.

B. Venue for the trial of any person charged with an offense under this section
may be in the county or city in which (i) any act was performed in furtherance
of the offense, or (ii) the person charged with the offense resided at the time
of the offense.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 18.1-118; 1960, c. 358; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 2001, c. 131;
2006, c. 321.