A person, business organization, or financial institution who is authorized by an issuer to furnish money, goods, services, or anything else of value upon presentation of a credit or debit card by a cardholder, or any agent or employee of such person, business organization, or financial institution, who, with intent to defraud the issuer, a participating party, the cardholder, or any other person, fails to furnish money, goods, services, or anything else of value which he represents in writing to the issuer that he has furnished over a six (6) month period is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if the difference between the value of all money, goods, services, or anything else of value actually furnished and the value represented to the issuer to have been furnished is less than five hundred dollars ($500), a Class D felony if such value is five hundred dollars ($500) or more but is less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or a Class C felony if such value is ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or more.
Effective: June 25, 2009

Attorney's Note

Under the Kentucky Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class C felonybetween 5 and 10 yearsbetween $1,000 and $10,000
Class D felonybetween 1 and 5 yearsbetween $1,000 and $10,000
Class A misdemeanorup to 12 months up to $500
For details, see § 532.060 and § 532.090

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Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 434.670


History: Amended 2009 Ky. Acts ch. 106, sec. 4, effective June 25, 2009. — Amended
1992 Ky. Acts ch. 463, sec. 57, effective July 14, 1992. — Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 67, sec. 16, effective June 17, 1978. — Created 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 83, sec. 13.