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R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-41-4 (2026)

Obtaining property by false pretenses or personation

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Every person who shall obtain from another designedly, by any false pretense or pretenses, any money, goods, wares, or other property, with intent to cheat or defraud, and every person who shall personate another or who shall falsely represent himself or herself to be the agent or servant of another and shall receive any money or other property intended to be delivered to the person so personated, or to the alleged principal or master of that agent or servant, shall be deemed guilty of larceny.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 33 cases (4 in the last 5 years), 1973–2025 · leading case: State v. Kluth, 46 A.3d 867 (R.I. 2012).
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State v. Kluth, 46 A.3d 867 (R.I. 2012). · cites it 13× “3 by false pretenses in violation of § 11-41-4 and § 11-41-5. The police narrative attached to that criminal information alleges that, on January 14, 2006, Complainant No.”
State v. Aurgemma, 358 A.2d 46 (R.I. 1976). · cites it 6× “1956 (1969 Reenactment) §11-41-4. 1 The case is here on the defendant’s appeal.”
State v. Grant, 840 A.2d 541 (R.I. 2004). · cites it 3× “1956 §§ 11-41-2 and 11-41-5(a), and obtaining money by false pre-tences in violation of §§ 11-41-4 and 11-41-5. The state did not charge defendant with either of these crimes.”
State v. Markarian, 551 A.2d 1178 (R.I. 1988). · cites it 5× “1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-41-4; G.L.1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-17-1.”
State v. LaRoche, 683 A.2d 989 (R.I. 1996). · cites it 3× “” General Laws 1956 § 11-41-4. LaRoche’s primary contention on this particular appellate issue is that he never made any false statements to Davisville or RICCU and that the state did not present evidence that he possessed an intent to cheat or defraud the credit unions.”
State v. Ricci, 533 A.2d 844 (R.I. 1987). · cites it 5× “1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-41-4. 1 Frank DiMauro, Jr. was convicted on the same date of aiding and abetting the defendant Thomas Ricci in violation of G.”
State v. Henshaw, 557 A.2d 1204 (R.I. 1989). · cites it 2× “1956 (1981 Reenactment) § 11-41-4. A Superior Court jury returned a verdict of guilty.”
Mello v. DaLomba, 798 A.2d 405 (R.I. 2002). · cites it 3× “1956 § 11-18-1; G.L.1956 § 11-41-4 and 18 U.S.C. § 1001 .”
Nat'l Credit Union Admin. Bd. v. Regine, 795 F. Supp. 59 (D.R.I. 1992). · cites it 3× “§ 11-41-4 (Michie 1981); NCUAB v. Regine, 749 F.”
State v. Letts, 986 A.2d 1006 (R.I. 2010). · cites it 5× “In November 2003, after the Apontes filed a complaint, Letts was arraigned in District Court for the misdemeanor offense of obtaining money by false pretenses in violation of G.L.1956 § 11-41-4. On February 24, 2004, Letts’s District Court offense was transferred from the…”
State v. Udin, 419 A.2d 251 (R.I. 1980). · cites it 4× “1956 (1969 Reenactment) §§ 11-41-4 and 11-41-5, on four counts for giving false documents to a public employee in violation of § 11-18-1, and on one count for violating G.”
State v. Cook, 45 A.3d 1272 (R.I. 2012). · cites it 2× “1-3(a)(3) (count 32); knowingly using with the intent to defraud, without lawful authority, a means of identification, with the intent to obtain property under false pretenses in violation of G.L. 1956 § 11-41-4 or § 11-41-6, respectively, and § ll-49.”
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