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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · safeguard the consumer in connection with the utilization of credit by requiring full disclosure of the terms and conditions of finance charges in credit transactions or in offers to extend credit; by · Sec. 917

Sec. 917. Criminal liability

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## § 917 Criminal liability **[**[15 U.S.C. 1693n](/us/usc/t15/s1693n)**]** ###
(a)Whoever knowingly and willfully— ####
(1)gives false or inaccurate information or fails to provide information which he is required to disclose by this title or any regulation issued thereunder; or ####
(2)otherwise fails to comply with any provision of this title; shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both. ###
(b)Whoever— ####
(1)knowingly, in a transaction affecting interstate or foreign commerce, uses or attempts or conspires to use any counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument to obtain money, goods, services, or anything else of value which within any one-year period has a value aggregating $1,000 or more; or ####
(2)with unlawful or fraudulent intent, transports or attempts or conspires to transport in interstate or foreign commerce a counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument knowing the same to be counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained; or ####
(3)with unlawful or fraudulent intent, uses any instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce to sell or transport a counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument knowing the same to be counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained; or ####
(4)knowingly receives, conceals, uses, or transports, money, goods, services, or anything else of value (except tickets for interstate or foreign transportation) which
(A)within any one-year period has a value aggregating $1,000 or more,
(B)has moved in or is part of, or which constitutes interstate or foreign commerce, and
(C)has been obtained with a counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument; or ####
(5)knowingly receives, conceals, uses, sells, or transports in interstate or foreign commerce one or more tickets for interstate or foreign transportation, which
(A)within any one-year period have a value aggregating $500 or more, and
(B)have been purchased or obtained with one or more counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument; or ####
(6)in a transaction affecting interstate or foreign commerce, furnishes money, property, services, or anything else of value, which within any one-year period has a value aggregating $1,000 or more, through the use of any counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained debit instrument knowingly the same to be counterfeit, fictitious, altered, forged, lost, stolen, or fraudulently obtained— shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both. ###
(c)As used in this section, the term “**debit instrument**” means a card, code, or other device, other than a check, draft, or similar paper instrument, by the use of which a person may initiate an electronic fund transfer.
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