"Damage of Deception" in private documents. Approaching the damages on falsification of private instruments

Abstract

The traditional interpretation of private instrument's forgery as a special form of fraud is based mainly on the pecuniary damage required to define the damage or harm to a third party. Not only is this option questioned in light of the need that this crime of forgery may exist facing the wide forms of deceit of fraud, but also in reference to the idea of falseness and the type of damage it requires. In this sense we place special emphasis on the harmfulness of falseness conduct and the affectation which given damage implies.