Terms Used In Utah Code > Title 35A > Chapter 1 > Part 5 - Assistance Fraud

• Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
• Department: means the Department of Workforce Services created in Section 35A-1-103. See Utah Code 35A-1-102
• Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
• Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
• Hearsay: Statements by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but heard about it from someone else. Hearsay is usually not admissible as evidence in court.
• Plea: In a criminal case, the defendant's statement pleading "guilty" or "not guilty" in answer to the charges, a declaration made in open court.
• Public assistance: means :

  (a)	services or benefits provided under Chapter 3, Employment Support Act;

  (b)	medical assistance provided under Title 26B, Chapter 3, Health Care - Administration and Assistance;

  (c)	foster care maintenance payments provided from the General Fund or under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act;

  (d)	SNAP benefits; and

  (e)

  any other public funds expended for the benefit of a person in need of financial, medical, food, housing, or related assistance. See Utah Code 35A-1-102 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5