Q: is stealing and cashing a money order from place of employment forgery or fraud?
employee stole money orders and cashed them. what type of crime is this and she paid back most of it after she was fired...does that change the crime?
A: It's in the theft family. I would call it theft under 2c:20-3 but if you look at 2c:20-1, et al and go down the line you'll find something that fits more than theft.
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A: It would probably be both theft fraud and forgery. Taking the money orders is theft, presenting the money orders to the bank, was fraud and the forgery is that they would need to be endorsed to be cashed.
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