Article 388 Bis Federal Criminal Code
BOOK TWO · TITLE TWENTY-SECOND. Crimes against persons in their patrimony · CHAPTER III. Fraud
Current text · last reform published in the Official Gazette of the Federation (DOF) on 13 March 2026
On anyone who places themselves in a state of insolvency, with the object of eluding the obligations in their charge with respect to their creditors, a penalty of six months to four years of imprisonment and from fifty to three hundred days fine shall be imposed.
In case of bankruptcy, that provided by the special law shall be attended to.