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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>66368</law_id><section_number>18.2-195</section_number><catch_line>Credit card fraud; conspiracy; penalties</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><referred_to_by><reference>18.2-197</reference><reference>18.2-198</reference><reference>18.2-198.1</reference><reference>19.2-327.15</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="18.2">Crimes and Offenses Generally</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="6">Crimes Involving Fraud</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="6">Offenses Relating to Credit Cards</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> A person is guilty of <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> when, with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to defraud any person, he: <a id="paragraph-240928" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-195/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1a" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> Uses for the purpose of obtaining money, goods, services or anything else of value a <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> or <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> number obtained or retained in violation of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Credit card theft" href="/18.2-192/">18.2-192</a> or a <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> or <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> number which he knows is expired or revoked; <a id="paragraph-240929" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-195/#1a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1b" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Obtains money, goods, services or anything else of value by representing (i) without the consent of the <span class="dictionary">cardholder</span> that he is the holder of a specified card or <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> number or (ii) that he is the holder of a card or <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> number and such card or <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> number has not in <span class="dictionary">fact</span> been issued; <a id="paragraph-240930" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-195/#1b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1c" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> Obtains control over a <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> or <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> number as security for debt; or <a id="paragraph-240931" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-195/#1c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="1d" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">d.</span> Obtains money from an <span class="dictionary">issuer</span> by use of an unmanned device of the <span class="dictionary">issuer</span> or through a person other than the <span class="dictionary">issuer</span> when he knows that such advance will exceed his available credit with the <span class="dictionary">issuer</span> and any available balances held by the <span class="dictionary">issuer</span>. <a id="paragraph-240932" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-195/#1d"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> A person who is authorized by an <span class="dictionary">issuer</span> to furnish money, goods, services or anything else of value upon presentation of a <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> or <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> number by the <span class="dictionary">cardholder</span>, or any agent or employee of such person, is guilty of a <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> when, with <span class="dictionary">intent</span> to defraud the <span class="dictionary">issuer</span> or the <span class="dictionary">cardholder</span>, he: <a id="paragraph-240933" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-195/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2a" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">a.</span> Furnishes money, goods, services or anything else of value upon presentation of a <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> or <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> number obtained or retained in violation of &#xA7; <a class="law" title="Credit card theft" href="/18.2-192/">18.2-192</a>, or a <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> or <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> number which he knows is expired or revoked; <a id="paragraph-240934" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-195/#2a"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2b" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">b.</span> Fails to furnish money, goods, services or anything else of value which he represents or causes to be represented in writing or by any other means to the <span class="dictionary">issuer</span> that he has furnished; or <a id="paragraph-240935" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-195/#2b"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2c" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">c.</span> Remits to an <span class="dictionary">issuer</span> or <span class="dictionary">acquirer</span> a record of a <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> or <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> number transaction which is in excess of the monetary amount authorized by the <span class="dictionary">cardholder</span>. <a id="paragraph-240936" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-195/#2c"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> <span class="dictionary">Conviction</span> of <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> is punishable as a Class 1 <span class="dictionary">misdemeanor</span> if the value of all money, goods, services and other things of value furnished in violation of this section, or if the difference between the value of all money, goods, services and anything else of value actually furnished and the value represented to the <span class="dictionary">issuer</span> to have been furnished in violation of this section, is less than $1,000 in any six-month period; <span class="dictionary">conviction</span> of <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> is punishable as a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span> if such value is $1,000 or more in any six-month period. <a id="paragraph-240937" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-195/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Any person who conspires, confederates or combines with another, (i) either within or without the Commonwealth to commit <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> within the Commonwealth or (ii) within the Commonwealth to commit <span class="dictionary">credit card</span> <span class="dictionary">fraud</span> within or without the Commonwealth, is guilty of a Class 6 <span class="dictionary">felony</span>. <a id="paragraph-240938" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/18.2-195/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 18.1-125.6; 1968, c. 480; 1975, cc. 14, 15; 1978, c. 364; 1980, c. 99; 1981, c. 197; 1985, c. 266; 1991, c. 546; 2018, cc. 764, 765; 2020, cc. 89, 401.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
