A provider commits credit card fraud when a provider, with intent to defraud an issuer, an acquirer, or a cardholder does any of the following:
- Furnishes money, goods, services, or anything else of value upon presentation of a credit card obtained or retained in violation of La. R.S. 14:67.11, or a credit card which the provider knows is forged or revoked.
- Fails to furnish money, goods, services, or anything else of value which the provider represents in writing, electronically or otherwise, to an issuer or an acquirer that such provider has furnished; or.
- Presents to an issuer or acquirer for payment a credit card transaction record which is not the result of an act between the cardholder and the provider.
A person shall not use, solicit, or otherwise influences a provider's employee, authorized agent, or representative to send a credit card transaction record for a purchase that did not begin as the consequence of an interaction between the cardholder and the provider.
PENALTIES FOR A CREDIT CARD FRAUD BY PERSONS AUTHORIZED TO PROVIDE GOODS AND SERVICES CONVICTION
A conviction for credit card fraud by persons authorized to provide goods and services is punishable by imprisonment, with or without hard labor, for not more than fifteen years, or fined not more than $50,000.00, or both.
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