What is Forgery?

Under Illinois Law, (720 ILCS 5/17-3), a person commits the Illinois crime of Forgery when, with the intent to defraud, they knowingly:

(1) makes or alters any document apparently capable of defrauding another in such manner that it purports to have been made by another or at another time, or with different provisions, or by authority of one who did not give such authority; or

(2) issues or delivers such document knowing it to have been thus made or altered; or

(3) possesses, with the intent to issue or deliver, any such document knowing it to have been thus made or altered; or

(4) unlawfully uses the digital signature, as defined in the Financial Institutions Electronic Documents and Digital Signature Act, of another; or

(5) unlawfully uses the signature device of another to create an electronic signature of that other person, as those terms are defined in the Electronic Commerce Security Act.

Under Illinois law, your Illinois Forgery attorneys at Legal Defenders, understand that under Illinois Forgery law, it is not necessary that you actually create a document that is fake or false. Under Illinois Forgery law, merely possessing a forged document is sufficient to be considered guilty of a Forgery. A typical case for the Illinois Forgery attorneys, at Legal Defenders, is usually when someone tries to cash a forged check at a bank or currency exchange. Under Illinois Forgery Law, even if the person did not create the document, the fact that they tried to cash a check that was forged is enough to be guilty of a Forgery in Illinois, under Illinois Forgery law. The Chicago criminal defense attorneys at Legal Defenders, your Illinois Forgery attorneys, have represented numerous individuals charged with trying to cash forged checks at banks and currency exchanges. This is usually the most common type of Forgery case the Chicago criminal defense attorneys at Legal Defenders encounter. The Illinois Forgery attorneys at Legal Defenders, have extensive experience in representing people charged with violating the Illinois Forgery laws.

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