§ 21-1541.1. Obtaining or attempting to obtain property by trick or deception - False statements or pretenses - Confidence game - Penalty.

Every person who, with intent to cheat and defraud, shall obtain or attempt to obtain from any person, firm or corporation any money, property or valuable thing, of a value less than Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00), by means or by use of any trick or deception, or false or fraudulent representation or statement or pretense, or by any other means or instruments or device commonly called the "confidence game", or by means or use of any false or bogus checks, or by any other written or printed or engraved instrument or spurious coin, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than one (1) year, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

Added by Laws 1967, c. 94, § 1, emerg. eff. April 20, 1967.  Amended by Laws 1982, c. 277, § 1, operative Oct. 1, 1982; Laws 2001, 1st Ex.Sess., c. 2, § 1, emerg. eff. Oct. 8, 2001.