Swiss Criminal Code

¹ Any per­son who with a view to se­cur­ing an un­law­ful gain for him­self or an­oth­er wil­fully in­duces an er­ro­neous be­lief in an­oth­er per­son by false pre­tences or con­ceal­ment of the truth, or wil­fully re­in­forces an er­ro­neous be­lief, and thus causes that per­son to act to the pre­ju­dice of his or an­oth­er's fin­an­cial in­terests, shall be li­able to a cus­todi­al sen­tence not ex­ceed­ing five years or to a mon­et­ary pen­alty.

² If the of­fend­er acts for com­mer­cial gain, a cus­todi­al sen­tence of from six months to ten years shall be im­posed.²⁰⁵

³ Fraud to the det­ri­ment of a re­l­at­ive or fam­ily mem­ber is pro­sec­uted only on com­plaint.