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Code · Illinois · Chapter 720 — CRIMINAL OFFENSES · Act 5

Sec. 17-41. Altered or counterfeited card.

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Sec. 17-41. Altered or counterfeited card.
(a)A person commits an offense under this Section when he or she, with intent to defraud either a purported issuer, or a person providing an item or items of value, or any other person, commits an offense under this Section if he or she:
(i)alters a credit card or debit card or a purported credit card or debit card, or possesses a credit card or debit card or a purported credit card or debit card with knowledge that the same has been altered; or
(ii)counterfeits a purported credit card or debit card, or possesses a purported credit card or debit card with knowledge that the card has been counterfeited.
(b)Sentence. A violation of item
(i)of subsection
(a)is a Class 4 felony. A violation of item
(ii)of subsection
(a)is a Class 3 felony. The trier of fact may infer that possession of 2 or more credit cards or debit cards by a person other than the issuer in violation of subsection
(a)is evidence that the person intended to defraud or that he or she knew the credit cards or debit cards to have been so altered or counterfeited.
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