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(1) to defraud a financial institution; or
(2) to obtain any of the moneys, funds, credits, assets, securities, or other
property owned by, or under the custody or control of, a financial institution,
by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises; shall
be fined not more than $1,000,000 or imprisoned not more than 30 years, or
both.
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(Added Pub. L. 98-473, title II, Sec. 1108(a), Oct. 12, 1984, 98 Stat. 2147; amended
Pub. L. 101-73, title IX, Sec. 961(k), Aug. 9, 1989, 103 Stat. 500; Pub. L. 101-647, title
XXV, Sec. 2504(j), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 4861.)
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AMENDMENTS
1990 – Pub. L. 101-647 substituted “30” for “20” before “years”.
1989 – Pub. L. 101-73 amended section generally, restating former subsec. (a) and
striking out former subsec. (b) which defined “federally chartered or insured financial
institution”. Prior to amendment, subsec. (a) read as follows: “Whoever knowingly
executes, or attempts to execute, a scheme or artifice —
“(1) to defraud a federally chartered or insured financial institution; or
“(2) to obtain any of the moneys, funds, credits, assets, securities or other prop-
erty owned by or under the custody or control of a federally chartered or in-
sured financial institution by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, represen-
tations, or promises, shall be fined not more than $10,000, or imprisoned not
more than five years, or both.”
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SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS
This section is referred to in sections 225, 981, 982, 1510, 1961, 2326, 3059A, 3293, 3322
of this title; title 12 sections 1785, 1786, 1787, 1821, 1828, 1829, 1831k, 1833a, 2277a-10b.
15 USC Section 1644
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TITLE 15 — COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 41 — CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION
SUBCHAPTER I — CONSUMER CREDIT COST DISCLOSURE
PART B — CREDIT TRANSACTIONS
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Sec. 1644. Fraudulent use of credit cards; penalties
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(a) Use, attempt or conspiracy to use card in transaction affecting interstate or foreign
commerce
Whoever knowingly in a transaction affecting interstate or foreign commerce, uses or
attempts or conspires to use any counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or
fraudulently obtained credit card to obtain money, goods, services, or anything else
of value which within any one-year period has a value aggregating $1,000 or more; or
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(b) Transporting, attempting or conspiring to transport card in interstate commerce
Whoever, with unlawful or fraudulent intent, transports or attempts or conspires to
transport in interstate or foreign commerce a counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged,
lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained credit card knowing the same to be counterfeit,
fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained; or
(c) Use of interstate commerce to sell or transport card
Whoever, with unlawful or fraudulent intent, uses any instrumentality of interstate or
foreign commerce to sell or transport a counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost,
stolen, or fraudulently obtained credit card knowing the same to be counterfeit,
fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained; or
(d) Receipt, concealment, etc., of goods obtained by use of card
Whoever knowingly receives, conceals, uses, or transports money, goods, services, or
anything else of value (except tickets for interstate or foreign transportation) which
(1) within any one-year period has a value aggregating $1,000 or more, (2) has moved
in or is part of, or which constitutes interstate or foreign commerce, and (3) has been
obtained with a counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently
obtained credit card; or
(e) Receipt, concealment, etc., of tickets for interstate or foreign transportation
obtained by use of card
Whoever knowingly receives, conceals, uses, sells, or transports in interstate or foreign
commerce one or more tickets for interstate or foreign transportation, which (1)
within any one-year period have a value aggregating $500 or more, and (2) have been
purchased or obtained with one or more counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost,
stolen, or fraudulently obtained credit cards; or
(f) Furnishing of money, etc., through use of card
Whoever in a transaction affecting interstate or foreign commerce furnishes money,
property, services, or anything else of value, which within any one-year period has a
value aggregating $1000 or more, through the use of any counterfeit, fictitious,
altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained credit card knowing the same to
be counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained —
shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
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(Pub. L. 90-321, title I, Sec. 134, as added Pub. L. 91-508, title V, Sec. 502(a), Oct. 26, 1970,
84 Stat. 1127; amended Pub. L. 93-495, title IV, Sec. 414, Oct. 28, 1974, 88 Stat. 1520.)
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AMENDMENTS
1974 – Pub. L. 93-495 generally reorganized provisions by designating former unlet-
tered paragraph cls. (a) to (f), and as so designated, expanded prohibitions relating
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to fraudulent use of credit cards, decreased amount required for fraudulent use from
a retail value aggregating $5,000, or more, to enumerated amounts for particular
activities, and increased the punishment from a sentence of not more than five years
to a sentence of not more than ten years.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1974 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 93-495 effective Oct. 28, 1974, see section 416 of Pub. L. 93-
495, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1665a of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section 503(3) of Pub. L. 91-508 provided that: “Section 134 of such Act (this section) [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]