2020 Georgia Code
Title 16 - Crimes and Offenses
Chapter 10 - Offenses Against Public Administration
Article 2 - Obstruction of Public Administration and Related Offenses
§ 16-10-21. Conspiracy to Defraud State or Political Subdivision
- A person commits the offense of conspiracy to defraud the state when he conspires or agrees with another to commit theft of any property which belongs to the state or to any agency thereof or which is under the control or possession of a state officer or employee in his official capacity. The crime shall be complete when the conspiracy or agreement is effected and an overt act in furtherance thereof has been committed, regardless of whether the theft is consummated. A person convicted of the offense of conspiracy to defraud the state shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.
- A person commits the offense of conspiracy to defraud a political subdivision when he conspires or agrees with another to commit theft of any property which belongs to a political subdivision or to any agency thereof or which is under the control or possession of an officer or employee of a political subdivision in his official capacity. The crime shall be complete when the conspiracy or agreement is effected and an overt act in furtherance thereof has been committed, regardless of whether the theft is consummated. A person convicted of the offense of conspiracy to defraud a political subdivision shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years.
(Ga. L. 1872, p. 25, § 1; Code 1882, § 4493; Penal Code 1895, § 287; Penal Code 1910, § 291; Code 1933, § 26-4201; Code 1933, § 26-2307, enacted by Ga. L. 1968, p. 1249, § 1.)
RESEARCH REFERENCES
Am. Jur. 2d.
- 16 Am. Jur. 2d, Conspiracy, § 1 et seq. 50 Am. Jur. 2d, Larceny, §§ 27, 31, 51 et seq., 96. 63C Am. Jur. 2d, Public Officers and Officials, § 369 et seq.
C.J.S.- 15A C.J.S., Conspiracy, § 94 et seq.
ALR.- When does statute of limitations begin to run against civil action or criminal prosecution for conspiracy, 62 A.L.R.2d 1369.
Criminal prosecution or disciplinary action against medical practitioner for fraud in connection with claims under medicaid, medicare, or similar welfare program for providing medical service, 50 A.L.R.3d 549.
Filing of false insurance claims for medical services as ground for disciplinary action against dentist, physician, or other medical practitioner, 70 A.L.R.4th 132.
State criminal prosecution against medical practitioner for fraud in connection with claims under Medicaid, Medicare, or similar welfare program for providing medical services, 79 A.L.R.6th 125.
