Chapter 12 Key facts checklists

Chapter 12 Key facts checklists

  • There were eight offences under the Theft Acts 1968 and 1978 which were based on deception.
  • All eight deception offences have been abolished.
  • The Fraud Act 2006 replaced them with one offence of fraud and one offence of dishonestly obtaining services.
  • The common law offence of conspiracy to defraud has not been abolished, but there have been sustained calls for this to happen.
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