(720 ILCS 5/17-34) Sec. 17-34. Sale of credit or debit card. A person other than the issuer who sells a credit card or
debit card, without the consent of the issuer, is guilty of a Class
4 felony. A person who knowingly purchases a credit card or debit card from a person
other than the issuer, without the consent of the issuer, is guilty of a
Class 4 felony. A person who, in a single transaction, makes a sale or purchase
prohibited by this Section with respect to 3 or more credit cards or
debit cards each issued to a cardholder other than himself or herself is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .) |
(720 ILCS 5/17-35) Sec. 17-35. Use of credit or debit card as security for debt. A person who, with intent to defraud either the issuer, or a
person providing an item or items of
value, or any other person, obtains control over a credit card or debit
card as security for debt or transfers, conveys, or gives control over a
credit card or debit card as security for debt is guilty of a Class 4
felony.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .) |
(720 ILCS 5/17-36) Sec. 17-36. Use of counterfeited, forged, expired, revoked, or unissued credit or debit card. A person who, with intent to defraud either the issuer, or a person
providing an item or items of value, or
any other person, (i) uses, with the intent to obtain an item or items of value, a credit card or debit
card obtained or retained in violation of this Subdivision 25 or without the
cardholder's consent, or a credit card or debit card which he or she knows is
counterfeited, or forged, or expired, or revoked or (ii) obtains or
attempts to obtain an item or items
of value by representing without the consent of the cardholder that he or she is
the holder of a specified card or by representing that he or she is the holder of a
card and such card has not in fact been issued is guilty of a Class
4 felony if the value of all items of value obtained or sought in violation of this
Section does not exceed $300 in any 6-month period; and is guilty of a
Class 3 felony if the value exceeds $300 in any 6-month period.
The trier of fact may infer that knowledge of revocation
has been received by a cardholder 4 days after it has
been mailed to him or her at the address set forth on the credit card or debit
card or at his or her last known address by registered or certified mail, return
receipt requested, and, if the address is more than 500 miles from the
place of mailing, by air mail. The trier of fact may infer that notice was received 10 days after mailing by registered or certified mail if the address is located outside the United
States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Canal Zone, and Canada.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .) |
(720 ILCS 5/17-37) Sec. 17-37. Use of credit or debit card with intent to defraud. (a) A cardholder who uses a credit card or debit card issued to
him or her, or allows another person to use a credit card or debit card issued
to him or her, with intent to defraud the
issuer, or a person providing an item or items of value, or any other person is guilty of a Class A
misdemeanor if the value of all items of value does not exceed $150 in any 6-month period;
and is guilty of a Class 4 felony if the value exceeds $150 in
any 6-month period.
(b) Where an investigation into an intent to defraud under subsection (a) occurs, issuers shall consider a merchant's timely submission of compelling evidence under the applicable dispute management guidelines of the card association with whom the merchant maintains an agreement. A merchant shall comply with merchant responsibilities under any such agreement. (Source: P.A. 102-757, eff. 5-13-22.) |
(720 ILCS 5/17-38) Sec. 17-38. Use of account number or code with intent to defraud; possession of record of charge forms. (a) A person who, with intent to defraud either an issuer, or a person
providing an item or items of value, or
any other person, utilizes an account number or code or enters
information on a record of charge form with the intent to obtain an item or items of
value is guilty of a Class 4 felony if the value of
the item or items of value obtained does not exceed $150
in any 6-month period; and is guilty of a Class 3 felony if the
value exceeds
$150 in any 6-month period. (b) A person who, with intent to defraud either an issuer or a person
providing an item or items of value, or
any other person, possesses, without the consent of the issuer or purported
issuer, record of charge forms bearing the printed impression of a credit
card or debit card is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
The trier of fact may infer intent to defraud from the possession of such record of
charge forms by a person other than the issuer or a person authorized by
the issuer to possess record of charge forms.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .) |
(720 ILCS 5/17-39) Sec. 17-39. Receipt of goods or services. A person who receives an item or items
of value obtained in violation of this Subdivision 25, knowing that it was so obtained
or under such circumstances as would reasonably induce him or her to believe that
it was so obtained, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the value of all
items of value obtained does
not exceed $150 in any 6-month period; and is guilty of a Class 4 felony if
the value exceeds $150 in any 6-month period.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .) |