Utah Code § 49-11-608

False statements or records -- Unlawfully cashing benefit checks -- Unlawfully
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obtaining or appropriating benefit payments.
(1) A person who knowingly makes any false statement, or who falsifies or permits to be falsified
any record necessary for carrying out the intent of this title is in violation of Section 76-6-504.

(2) A person cashing a benefit check to which that person is not entitled is in violation of Section
76-6-501.
(3) A person who obtains a benefit payment, including a direct deposit or electronic benefit
payment, to which that person is not entitled and who fails to take reasonable measures to
return the benefit payment to the office is in violation of Section 76-6-407.
(4) A person who appropriates property or a benefit of another person, including a direct deposit or
electronic benefit payment, by obtaining or exercising unauthorized control over the property or
the benefit is in violation of Section 76-6-407.

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