A 3720 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Creates crime of fiscal victimization against senior citizens or disabled persons.

This bill creates a new criminal offense called "fiscal victimization" targeting financial exploitation of vulnerable individuals. It makes it a crime to commit, attempt, threaten, or conspire to commit theft or identity theft (specifically listed in New Jersey law) against someone known or reasonably known to be a senior citizen (60+ years old) or a person with a disability (defined as having a pre-existing medical impairment substantially limiting physical/mental resistance). The crime is graded based on the underlying offense (e.g., a fourth-degree crime if the underlying act is a disorderly persons offense), and courts must impose separate sentences for both the fiscal victimization and the underlying theft. This directly affects vulnerable seniors and disabled individuals by adding enhanced penalties for those who financially exploit them.
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Feb 2024
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Introduced Feb 22, 2024 Last action Feb 22, 2024
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Feb 22, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Aging and Human Services Committee
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