CODE OF VIRGINIA FALSIFYING OR ALTERING AND FRAUDULENTLY USING TRANSCRIPTS OR DIPLOMAS; PENALTY (ยง 18.2-172.1) Any person who materially falsifies or alters a transcript or diploma from an institution of postsecondary education and fraudulently uses the same for pecuniary gain or in furtherance of such person’s education shall be guilty of a Class 3 misdemeanor. HISTORY: 1983, c. 91.