Contractor awaiting trial arrested again on charge of obtaining money under false pretensesJOY BLACKBURN
Penal Code § 332 PC makes it a crime to use fraud to obtain another person’s money or property through card games, gambling, or fortune-telling. This includes cheating at games of chance or using false pretenses to win bets or wagers. The language of the statute reads as follows: 332...
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