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Until 2007, in England and Wales, the main deception offences were defined in the Theft Act 1968 and the Theft Act 1978. The basic pattern of deception offences was established in the Theft Act 1968, and was then amended in the Theft Act 1978 and the Theft (Amendment) Act 1996 which addressed some of the problems that had arisen in the ...
[1] [2] [3] The word theft is also used as a synonym or informal shorthand term for some crimes against property, such as larceny, robbery, [1] embezzlement, extortion, blackmail, or receiving stolen property. [2] In some jurisdictions, theft is considered to be synonymous with larceny, [4] [5] while in others, theft is defined more narrowly. [6]
The elements of the actus reus are similar to the offence of obtaining property by deception: There must be a deception. This has the same meaning as for section 15 (according to section 16(3) of the Theft Act 1968). See Deception (criminal law) and Obtaining property by deception#By any deception).
The modern concept is a deception and it is used as the common basis of the actus reus (the Latin for "guilty act") in the deception offences under the Theft Act 1968 and in the Theft Act 1978. The Fraud Act 2006 repealed these latter two acts and replaced deception offences with other offences.
Austin Smallcombe pleaded guilty to multiple counts of felony theft by deception, criminal conspiracy and receiving advance payments for services and failing to perform.
Oregon State Police Lottery detectives cited the worker with aggravated theft and computer crime. The worker may also be accused of theft by deception and first-degree forgery.
John Dunlea pleaded guilty May 8 to two counts of second-degree theft by deception and five counts of third-degree failure to pay taxes.
The deception must operate on a human mind for the causation element to be proved. The fact that a machine may respond to the insertion of a coin, card or token, or that a computer may give a programmed response to data entry does not amount to a section 15 offence, but the defendant can be charged with theft, contrary to section 1, of any ...