§ 3016. Short title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Credit Card Crime Act”.
§ 3004a. Unauthorized use of government credit card
Whoever, being an officer or employee of the Government of the Virgin Islands or instrumentality thereof uses a government credit card inconsistent with the purpose authorized is guilty of unauthorized use of a government credit card and is subject to a fine of not more than $1000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, […]
§ 3005. Fraud by person authorized to provide goods or services
(a) Illegally obtained or illegally possessed credit card; forged, revoked or expired credit card. A person who is authorized by an issuer to furnish money, goods, services or anything else of value upon presentation of a credit card by the cardholder or any agent or employees of such person who, with intent to defraud the […]
§ 3006. Possession of machinery, plates or other contrivance or incomplete credit card
A person other than the cardholder possessing two (2) or more incomplete credit cards with intent to complete them without the consent of the issuer or a person possessing with knowledge of its character any machinery, plates or any other contrivance designed to reproduce instruments purporting to be the credit cards of an issuer who […]
§ 3003. Theft—Obtaining credit card through fraudulent means
(a) Theft by taking or retaining possession of card taken. A person who takes a credit card from the person, possession, custody or control of another without the cardholder’s consent or who, with knowledge that it has been so taken, receives the credit card with intent to use it, to sell it or to transfer […]
§ 3004. Fraudulent use of credit card
A person who, with intent to defraud the issuer or a person or organization providing money, goods, services or anything else of value or any other person, uses, for the purpose of obtaining money, goods, services or anything else of value, a credit card obtained or retained in violation of this law or a credit […]
§ 2265. Authorization to offer rewards
(a) The Police Commissioner or the Attorney General, with the approval of the Governor, may offer a reward not exceeding $1,000 payable out of the Crime Stop Fund for the arrest and conviction, or for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person or persons having committed a felony or having escaped from […]
§ 2266. Payment of rewards; rules and regulations
(a) Rewards to be paid pursuant to this chapter shall be paid immediately upon the conviction of the person or persons for whom a reward has been offered. (b) The Police Commissioner and the Attorney General shall jointly prescribe rules and regulations as may be necessary for the implementation of this chapter, which rules and […]
§ 2267. Crime Stop Fund
(a) There is created and established in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands a special fund to be designated and known as the Virgin Islands Crime Stop Fund (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Fund”). The Commissioner of Finance shall maintain and provide for the administration of the Fund as a separate and […]
§ 3001. Definitions
As used in this chapter: (1) “Cardholder” means the person or organization named on the face of a credit card to whom or for whose benefit the credit card is issued by an issuer. (2) “Credit card” means any instrument or device, whether known as a credit card, credit plate or by any other name, […]