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Va. Code Ann. § 18.2-197 (2026)

Criminally receiving goods and services fraudulently obtained; penalty

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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 A or C of § 18.2-195 with the knowledge that the same were obtained in violation of subsection A or C 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; 2026, cc. 196, 197.

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Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: Michael Wayne Pennington, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2025).
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Michael Wayne Pennington, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia (Va. Ct. App. 2025). · cites it 2× “Code § 18.2-197. Again, Pennington simply never argued that by receiving only $200, he should have been convicted of the misdemeanor offense.”
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