Falsifying business records is sometimes a felony in California although it can also be a misdemeanor, depending on the specific circumstance and the amount of money or value involved in the falsifying of business records.
If the falsifying of the business records is part of a larger scheme or results in significant financial harm, then it's much more likely to be charged as a felony.
Falsifying business records in California is when you, with the intent to defraud, create a false entry in a business record and or alter or destroy a true entry, omit a true entry or prevent the creation of a true entry and is a crime.
Falsification of records means to intentionally alter, modify or create false information in official or business records with the intent of misleading or deceiving.
Falsification of records is intentional and not a mistake and can include erasing or deleting true entries, making false entries and omitting required information.
Falsification of records is most often a criminal offense and carries a variety of degrees of severity and penalties depending on the nature of the record falsified and the jurisdiction in which the falsification of the records occurred.
It's considered falsification when you intentionally make something false by altering of or misrepresenting of information, with the intent of deceiving someone including a business or other people.
Falsification involves the creating of false information or altering of existing information in order to make it appear different from the truth.
Falsification of data can include misrepresenting of results, forging documents or even fabricating of data.
Making something false is the core of falsification and involves the creating or changing of information to make it untrue.
Falsification is not simply just making a mistake, instead falsification is done with an intent to defraud or mislead.
Examples of falsification include.
Forging a signature.
Creating of fake data in a research study.
Altering a document such as a financial record or contract to hide something or even gain an advantage.
And even misrepresenting of results in a report or a presentation.
In the legal context, falsification is often a component of a more serious offense like forgery, perjury or fraud.
And in Academic integrity and academic settings, falsification can also include fabricating of research data, plagiarizing or submitting of work which is not your own.