With intent to defraud or harm, a person makes or alters an object so that it appears to have value because of age, antiquity, rarity, source, or authorship that it does not have; or possesses such an object with intent to sell or utter; or authenticates or certifies it as genuine. This is the offense of what?

• A. Forgery
• B. Cardholder
• C. False Statement to Obtain Property
• D. Criminal Simulation

Answer: (D)

Criminal Simulation focuses on deceiving others by making an item appear valuable or genuine when it isn’t. The described conduct fits this: creating or altering an object so it seems valuable because of age, antiquity, rarity, source, or authorship it doesn’t actually have; possessing such an object with the intent to sell or pass it off; or authenticating or certifying it as genuine. All of these revolve around misleading someone about the object’s authenticity or worth to defraud them.

Forgery would involve creating or altering a writing or document to misrepresent its content, which isn’t the scenario here. False Statement to Obtain Property centers on lying to obtain something of value, rather than misrepresenting an object’s authenticity itself. Cardholder deals with card-related offenses and isn’t the issue in this case.