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HB 1241 Credit card theft; person who uses, possesses, etc. card of another without cardholder's consent.

Introduced by: Brian J. Moran | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Credit card theft; venue. Provides that a prosecution for credit card theft may be had in any county or city where a credit card number is used, is attempted to be used, or is possessed with intent to commit credit card forgery or fraud.

SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:

Elements of credit card theft.  Provides that a person who possesses a credit card of another, when the card was taken, obtained or withheld from another person, possession, custody or control of the card without the cardholder's consent, is guilty of credit card theft. This punishes possession of a stolen credit card as theft of a credit card and responds to the holding in Meeks v. Commonwealth, Record No. 062452, (Virginia Supreme Court, Nov. 2, 2007) in which it was held that a person who took a credit card in Fairfax County could not be prosecuted for credit card theft in Arlington.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Elements of credit card theft.  Provides that a person who possesses a credit card of another, when he took, obtained or withheld from another person, possession, custody or control of the card without the cardholder's consent, is guilty of credit card theft. This punishes possession of a stolen credit card as theft of a credit card and responds to the holding in Meeks v. Commonwealth, Record No. 062452, (Virginia Supreme Court, Nov. 2, 2007) in which it was held that a person who took a credit card in Fairfax County could not be prosecuted for credit card theft in Arlington.