Code of Virginia § 18.2-197. Criminally receiving goods and services fraudulently obtained.

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A person is guilty of criminally receiving goods and services fraudulently obtained when he receives money, goods, services or anything else of value obtained in violation of subsection

(1)of § 18.2-195 with the knowledge or belief that the same were obtained in violation of subsection

(1)of § 18.2-195 . Conviction of criminal receipt of goods and services fraudulently obtained is punishable as a Class 1 misdemeanor if the value of all money, goods, services and anything else of value, obtained in violation of this section, is less than $1,000 in any six-month period; conviction of criminal receipt of goods and services fraudulently obtained is punishable as a Class 6 felony if such value is $1,000 or more in any six-month period.

Code 1950, § 18.1-125.8; 1968, c. 480; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1981, c. 197; 2018, cc. 764 , 765 ; 2020, cc. 89 , 401 .