(720 ILCS 5/17-44) Sec. 17-44. Fraudulent use of electronic transmission. (a) A person
who, with intent to defraud the issuer of a credit card or debit card, the cardholder, or any other
person, intercepts, taps, or alters electronic information between an
electronic fund transfer terminal and the issuer, or originates electronic
information to an electronic fund transfer terminal or to the issuer, via
any line, wire, or other means of electronic transmission, at any
junction, terminal, or device, or at any location within the EFT System,
with the intent to obtain value, is
guilty of a Class 4 felony. (b) Any person who, with intent to defraud the issuer of a credit card or debit card, the cardholder, or
any other person, intercepts, taps, or alters electronic information
between an electronic fund transfer terminal and the issuer, or originates
electronic information to an electronic fund transfer terminal or to the
issuer, via any line, wire, or other means of electronic transmission, at
any junction, terminal, or device, or at any location within the EFT System,
and thereby causes funds to be transferred from one account to any other
account, is guilty of a Class 4 felony.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11.) |