And simpa involves leaving an establishment without paying what has been consumed, a more widespread practice, especially in the hotel and restaurant sector. These types of practices are usually most recurrent in summer, given that Increase the number of customers and with it those who want to enjoy something and do so without paying the price that it entails.
Leaving a place without paying is considered a crime of fraud.
Although sometimes carrying out this practice It may seem something very simple having large agglomerations o taking advantage of the confusion of workers, the reality is that this type of practice can have dire consequences for the person who commits the offence. This has been explained by the National Police (@National Police) through his account on the social network TikTok.
The publication already has several hundreds of thousands of views After having been published for just a few hours and thousands more likes. According to the video, if you leave without paying what you have consumed, you may be committing a crime of fraud. It could cost you dearly. As for the penalties for this crime, they range from a MORE In mild cases up to 8 years in prison In the most serious cases, as explained in the publication.
The crime of fraud is included in the Article 248 of the Penal Code, Those who commit fraud are those who, with profit motive, they use English enough to cause error in another, inducing him to perform an act of disposition to his own or another’s detriment. The punishment for this type of actions includes imprisonment from one month to eight years, provided that the the amount defrauded does not exceed 400 euros.
The curious way to prevent customers from leaving without paying
For avoid this type of actions of the clients, some managers of premises carry out actions of all kinds. Among the most common examples East force customers to pay for their drinks at the time in which it is served. However, there are also other very curious ones, such as the Dulle Griet tavern case, in Belgium, which forces its customers to leave one of their shoes as bail to prevent them from leaving without paying.
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