HI · jury_instructions
Haw. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 10.46
Telemarketing Fraud H.R.S. § 708-835.6
[In Count (count number) of the Indictment/Complaint, the]
[The] Defendant, (defendant's name) is charged with the offense
of Telemarketing Fraud.
A person commits the offense of Telemarketing Fraud if,
he/she engages in a plan, program, or campaign, including a
prize promotion or investment opportunity that was conducted to
include the [purchase of goods or services] [solicitation of
funds or contributions] by the use of one or more telephones and
involving more than one telephone call, and with the intent to
[defraud] [misrepresent], he/she [obtains] [attempts to obtain]
the transfer of [possession] [control] [ownership] of the
property of another through communications conducted at least in
part by telephone and involving [direct] [implied] claims that
the person contacted [will or is about to receive anything of
value] [may be able to recover any losses suffered by the person
contacted in connection with a prize promotion].
There are three material elements of the offense of
Telemarketing Fraud, each of which the prosecution must prove
beyond a reasonable doubt.
These three elements are:
1. That, on or about (date) in the [City and] County of
(name of county), the Defendant intentionally engaged in a plan,
program, or campaign, including a prize promotion or investment
opportunity that was conducted to include the [purchase of goods
or services] [solicitation of funds or contributions] by the use
of one or more telephones and involving more than one telephone
call; and
2. Defendant, with intent to [defraud] [misrepresent],
intentionally [obtained] [attempted to obtain] the transfer of
[possession] [control] [ownership] of the property of another;
and
3. Defendant intentionally did so through communications
conducted at least in part by telephone and involving [direct]
[implied] claims that the person contacted [will or is about to
receive anything of value] [may be able to recover any losses
suffered by the person contacted in connection with a prize
promotion].
Provenance
- Source
- courts.state.hi.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- 2026-08-20
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