Article 386 Federal Criminal Code

Anyone who, by deceiving another or taking advantage of the error in which the latter finds themselves, unlawfully obtains some thing or secures an undue profit, commits the crime of fraud.

The crime of fraud shall be punished with the following penalties:

I.- With imprisonment of 3 days to 6 months or from 30 to 180 days fine, when the value of what was defrauded does not exceed ten times the wage;

II.- With imprisonment of 6 months to 3 years and a fine of 10 to 100 times the wage, when the value of what was defrauded exceeds 10, but not 500 times the wage;

III.- With imprisonment of three to twelve years and a fine of up to one hundred twenty times the wage, if the value of what was defrauded is greater than five hundred times the wage.

29-12-1981