§ 11-49-1. 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 […]
§ 11-49-10. Penalties. (a) A person who is subject to the penalties of this subsection shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000), or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. (b) A person who is subject to the penalties of this subsection shall be fined not more than three thousand dollars […]
§ 11-49-11. Chapter not exclusive. This chapter shall not be construed to preclude the applicability of any other provision of the criminal law of this state which presently applies or may in the future apply to any transaction which violates this chapter, unless that provision is inconsistent with the terms of this chapter. History of […]
§ 11-49-12. Severability. If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to […]
§ 11-49-13. Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Credit Card Crime Act.” History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 129, § 2.
§ 11-49-2. False statement as to financial condition or identity. A person who makes or causes to be made, either directly or indirectly, any false statement as to a material fact in writing, knowing it to be false and with intent that it be relied on respecting his or her identity or that of any […]
§ 11-49-3. 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 […]
§ 11-49-4. Fraudulent use of credit cards. 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 […]
§ 11-49-5. Fraud by person authorized to provide goods or services. (a) Illegally obtained or illegally possessed credit card; forge. 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 the person […]
§ 11-49-6. Possession of machinery, plates or other contrivance or incomplete credit cards. 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 […]
§ 11-49-6.1. Publishing information for fraudulent purposes. (a)(1) It shall be unlawful for any person to publish or cause to be published the number or code of an existing, cancelled, revoked, expired, or nonexistent credit card issued by a company providing telecommunication services or the numbering or coding system which is employed in the issuance […]
§ 11-49-7. Receipt of money, goods and services obtained by fraudulent use of credit cards. A person who receives money, goods, services, or anything else of value obtained in violation of § 11-49-4, knowing or believing that it was so obtained, violates this section and is subject to the penalties set forth in § 11-49-10(a). […]
§ 11-49-8. Defense not available. In any prosecution for violation of this chapter, the state is not required to establish and it is no defense that a person, other than the defendant, who violated this chapter has not been convicted, apprehended, or identified. History of Section.P.L. 1969, ch. 129, § 2.
§ 11-49-9. Repealed.
