CODE OF VIRGINIA

RECEIVING DEPOSIT KNOWING BANK TO BE INSOLVENT; PENALTY (§ 6.2-945)

A. Any officer, director. or employee of any bank, or broker, who takes and
receives, or permits to be received, a deposit from any person with the actual
knowledge that the bank or broker is at the time insolvent, is guilty of
embezzlement. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 18.2-111, an individual
convicted of embezzlement pursuant to this section shall be fined double the
amount so received and be subject to a term of imprisonment of not less than one
nor more than three years, in the discretion of the jury, for each offense.

B. On the trial of any indictment under this section, it shall be the duty of
the bank or broker, and its agent or officers, to produce in court, on demand of
the attorney for the Commonwealth, all books and papers of the bank or broker,
to be read as evidence on the trial of such indictment. In determining the
question of the solvency of any bank, the capital stock thereof shall not be
considered as a liability due by it.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 6-3; 1966, c. 584, § 6.1-124; 2010, c. 794.