Vincent

Susan Ann Vincent appeals from the judgment of conviction entered after a jury found her guilty of forgery (Pen. Code, § 470) and making a false financial statement (Pen. Code, § 532a, subd. (1).) She asserts that the conviction for forgery must be reversed because a signature card cannot be the subject of a forgery; that there was no evidence of a false financial statement; and that prosecution for furnishing a false financial statement under Penal Code section 532a was precluded by the more specific statute of passing a check with insufficient funds (Pen. Code, § 476a, subd. (a).) We find insufficient evidence of a false financial statement and reverse the conviction on that count; in all other respects we affirm.

Factual and Procedural Summary

On October 22, 1990, appellant opened two new accounts at the Security Pacific Bank in Encino (bank). One account was in the name of Pacific Investments, with appellant as owner, and the other was a personal account. Appellant gave her name as Stassa Athans. Appellant filled out various bank forms for the new accounts, including a new account inquiry and reporting authorization, giving personal information about the signatory…