Any person who with intent to defraud secures the issue by a carrier of a bill, knowing that at the time of the issue any or all of the goods described in the bill as received for transportation have not been received by the carrier, or an agent of the carrier or a connecting carrier, or are not under the carrier's control, by inducing an officer, agent, or servant of the carrier falsely to believe that the goods have been received by the carrier or are under its control, shall be guilty of a crime and upon conviction shall be punished for each offense by imprisonment not exceeding five (5) years or by a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law
Subtitle 5 - Contracts, Notes, and Other Commercial Instruments
Subchapter 3 - Bills of Lading
§ 4-59-301. Issuance of bill for goods not received
§ 4-59-302. Issuance of bill containing false statement
§ 4-59-303. Issuance of duplicate bills not so marked
§ 4-59-304. Issuance of nonnegotiable bill not so marked
§ 4-59-305. Inducing carrier to issue bill when goods have not been received
§ 4-59-306. Negotiation of bill for unowned or mortgaged goods
§ 4-59-307. Negotiation of bill when goods are not in carrier's possession