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CALCRIM No. 2042

Fraudulent Sale, Transfer or Conveyance of Personal

activein force · 2019-01-01 – presentcompiled-edition

Identifying Information (Pen. Code, § 530.5(d)(1))

The defendant is charged [in Count] with the fraudulent

(sale/ [or] transfer/ [or] conveyance) of personal identifying information

[in violation of Penal Code section 530.5(d)(1)].

To prove that the defendant is guilty of this crime, the People must

prove that:

1. The defendant (sold/ [or] transferred/ [or] conveyed) the personal

identifying information of another person;

AND

2. The defendant did so with the intent to defraud.

A person intends to defraud if he or she intends to deceive another

person either to cause a loss of (money[,]/ [or] goods[,]/ [or] services[,]

[or] something [else] of value), or to cause damage to a legal, financial,

or property right.

Personal identifying information means <insert relevant items

from Pen. Code, § 530.55(b)> or an equivalent form of identification.

[As used here, person means a human being, whether living or dead, or a

firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, company,

corporation, limited liability company, public entity or any other legal

entity.]

It is not necessary that anyone actually be defrauded or actually suffer a

financial, legal, or property loss as a result of the defendant’s acts.

New August 2009; Revised April 2010

Provenance

Source
courts.ca.gov
Retrieved
2026-08-20
Edition
calcrim-2019
Content hash
6a0316376b0302f7232d3e86bc9a6bd713659c3f42c0b364e1bbb558f4b16974
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