Jack and Jill needed money to pay off a gambling debt. Jack created documents that he claimed to be recently found drawings and poems by John Lennon. Jill went online and sold the drawings and poems for thousands of dollars. Name and define the crime that Jack has committed. What are the elements needed to establish Jack’s crime? Name and define the crime that Jill has committed. What are the elements needed to establish Jill’s crime?

What will be an ideal response?


Jack committed forgery, creating a false legal document or the material modification of an existing legal document with the intent to deceive and defraud others. Jill committed uttering by offering a forged document that is known to be false and presented as authentic with the intent to defraud or deceive.

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