18.2-195.2 - Fraudulent application for credit card; penalties. - Virginia Statutes

§ 18.2-195.2. Fraudulent application for credit card; penalties.

A. A person shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor if he makes, causes tobe made or conspires to make, directly, indirectly or through an agency, anymaterially false statement in writing concerning the financial condition ormeans or ability to pay of himself or of any other person for whom he isacting or any firm or corporation in which he is interested or for which heis acting, knowing the statement to be false and intending that it be reliedupon for the purpose of procuring a credit card. However, if the statement ismade in response to an unrequested written solicitation from the issuer or anagent of the issuer to apply for a credit card, he shall be guilty of a Class4 misdemeanor.

B. A person who knows that a false statement has been made in writingconcerning the financial condition or ability to pay of himself or of anyperson for whom he is acting or any firm or corporation in which he isinterested or for which he is acting and who with intent to defraud, procuresa credit card, upon the faith of such false statement, for his own benefit,or for the benefit of the person, firm or corporation in which he isinterested or for which he is acting, and obtains by use of the credit card,money, property, services or any thing of value, is guilty of grand larcenyif the value of whatever is obtained is $200 or more or petit larceny if thevalue is less than $200.

C. As used in this section, "in writing" shall include informationtransmitted by computer, facsimile, e-mail, Internet, or any other electronicmedium, and shall not include information transmitted by any such medium byvoice transmission.

(1991, c. 546; 2007, c. 518.)