15 U.S.C. § 1693n : US Code - Section 1693N: Criminal liability
Search 15 U.S.C. § 1693n : US Code - Section 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.
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