(720 ILCS 5/17-42) Sec. 17-42. Possession of incomplete card. A person other than the cardholder possessing an incomplete
credit card or debit card, with intent to complete it without the
consent of the issuer or a person possessing, with knowledge of its
character, machinery, plates, or any other contrivance designed to reproduce
instruments purporting to be credit cards or debit cards of an issuer
who has not consented to the preparation of such credit cards or debit
cards is guilty of a Class 3 felony.
The trier of fact may infer that a person other than the cardholder or issuer who
possesses 2 or more incomplete credit cards or debit cards possesses those cards without the consent of the issuer.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11 .) |