It is a felony punishable as provided in subsection (3) of section 18-3128, Idaho Code, for any person:
(1)  To acquire an FTC or FTC number from another without the consent of the card holder or the issuer with the intent to use to defraud, or to, with the knowledge that it has been so acquired, receive an FTC or FTC number with the intent to use to defraud, or to sell, or to transfer the FTC or FTC number to another person with the knowledge that it is to be used to defraud;

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Terms Used In Idaho Code 18-3125

  • Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
  • Card holder: means any person or organization named on the face of a financial transaction card to whom, or for whose benefit, a financial transaction card is issued by an issuer. See Idaho Code 18-3122
  • FTC: means any instrument or device known as a credit card, credit plate, bank services card, banking card, check guarantee card, debit card, telephone credit card or by any other name issued by the issuer for the use of the card holder in obtaining money, goods, services, or anything else of value on credit, or in certifying or guaranteeing to a person or business the availability to the card holder of the funds on deposit that are equal to or greater than the amount necessary to honor a draft or check payable to the order of such a person or business; or any instrument or device used in providing the card holder access to a demand deposit account or a time deposit account for the purpose of making deposits of money or checks therein, or withdrawing funds in the form of money, money orders, or traveler’s checks or other representative of value therefrom or transferring funds from any demand account or time deposit account to any credit card account in full or partial satisfaction of any outstanding balance existing therein. See Idaho Code 18-3122
  • Issuer: means a business organization or financial institution or its duly authorized agent which issues a financial transaction card. See Idaho Code 18-3122
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person;
Idaho Code 73-114
  • Personal identifying information: means the name, address, telephone number, driver’s license number, social security number, place of employment, employee identification number, mother’s maiden name, checking account number, savings account number, financial transaction card number, or personal identification code of an individual person, or any other numbers or information which can be used to access a person’s financial resources. See Idaho Code 18-3122
  • Property: includes both real and personal property. See Idaho Code 73-114
  • (2)  To acquire an FTC or FTC number that he knows to have been lost, mislaid, or delivered under a mistake as to the identity or address of the card holder, and to retain possession with the intent to use to defraud or to sell or transfer to another person with the knowledge that it is to be used to defraud;
    (3)  To, with the intent to defraud, knowingly possess a false, fictitious, counterfeit, revoked, expired or fraudulently obtained FTC or any FTC account number;
    (4)  To, with the intent to defraud, knowingly obtain or attempt to obtain credit or purchase or attempt to purchase any goods, property or service, by use of any false, fictitious, counterfeit, revoked, expired or fraudulently obtained FTC or FTC account number;
    (5)  To, with the intent to defraud, knowingly produce to another person or procure, a false, fictitious, counterfeit, revoked, expired or fraudulently obtained FTC or any FTC account number;
    (6)  To, with the intent to defraud and while making an application for an FTC to an issuer, knowingly make or cause to be made, a false written or oral statement or representation respecting his name, personal identifying information, occupation, financial condition, assets, or to materially undervalue any indebtedness for the purpose of influencing the issuer to issue an FTC.