§ 1693n. — Criminal liability.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 15USC1693n]
TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
CHAPTER 41--CONSUMER CREDIT PROTECTION
SUBCHAPTER VI--ELECTRONIC FUND TRANSFERS
Sec. 1693n. Criminal liability
(a) Violations respecting giving of false or inaccurate information,
failure to provide information, and failure to comply with
provisions of this subchapter
Whoever knowingly and willfully--
(1) gives false or inaccurate information or fails to provide
information which he is required to disclose by this subchapter or
any regulation issued thereunder; or
(2) otherwise fails to comply with any provision of this
subchapter;
shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one
year, or both.
(b) Violations affecting interstate or foreign commerce
Whoever--
(1) 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
debit instrument 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
(2) 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 debit instrument knowing the same to be
counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or
fraudulently obtained; or
(3) 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 debit instrument knowing the same to be
counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or
fraudulently obtained; or
(4) knowingly receives, conceals, uses, or transports money,
goods, services, or anything else of value (except tickets for
interstate or foreign transportation) which (A) within any one-year
period has a value aggregating $1,000 or more, (B) has moved in or
is part of, or which constitutes interstate or foreign commerce, and
(C) has been obtained with a counterfeit, fictitious, altered,
forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument; or
(5) knowingly receives, conceals, uses, sells, or transports in
interstate or foreign commerce one or more tickets for interstate or
foreign transportation, which (A) within any one-year period have a
value aggregating $500 or more, and (B) have been purchased or
obtained with one or more counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged,
lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument; or
(6) 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 $1,000 or
more, through the use of any counterfeit, fictitious, altered,
forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument
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.
(c) ``Debit instrument'' defined
As used in this section, the term ``debit instrument'' means a card,
code, or other device, other than a check, draft, or similar paper
instrument, by the use of which a person may initiate an electronic fund
transfer.
(Pub. L. 90-321, title IX, Sec. 916, as added Pub. L. 95-630, title XX,
Sec. 2001, Nov. 10, 1978, 92 Stat. 3738.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1693m of this title; title 18
section 513.
