§ 6.2-945 — Receiving deposit knowing bank to be insolvent; penalty

Virginia § 6.2-945

• Jurisdiction: Virginia
• Title 6.2: FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND SERVICES
• Subtitle II: DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS AND TRUST ORGANIZATIONS
• Ch. 8: BANKS
• Art. 15: BANKING OFFENSES

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A. Any officer, director. or employee of any bank, or broker, who takes and receives, or permits to be received, a deposit from any person with the actual knowledge that the bank or broker is at the time insolvent, is guilty of embezzlement. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 18.2-111, an individual convicted of embezzlement pursuant to this section shall be fined double the amount so received and be subject to a term of imprisonment of not less than one nor more than three years, in the discretion of the jury, for each offense.

B. On the trial of any indictment under this section, it shall be the duty of the bank or broker, and its agent or officers, to produce in court, on demand of the attorney for the Commonwealth, all books and papers of the bank or broker, to be read as evidence on the trial of such indictment. In determining the question of the solvency of any bank, the capital stock thereof shall not be considered as a liability due by it.

Legislative History

Code 1950, § 6-3; 1966, c. 584, § 6.1-124; 2010, c. 794.