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Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-3-802

Unlawful use of credit card, charge card or debit card; penalties

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Jeffrey Brian Martinez v. The State of Wyoming (2022)

Most recently applied in Jeffrey Brian Martinez v. The State of Wyoming (May 2022)

(a) A person is guilty of unlawful use of a credit card, charge card or debit card if, with the intent to obtain property or services by fraud, he:

(i) Uses a credit card, charge card or debit card, or the number or description of a credit card, charge card or debit card, issued to another person without the consent of that person;

(ii) Uses a credit card, charge card or debit card which he knows has been revoked, cancelled or expired; or (iii) Knowingly uses a falsified, mutilated or altered credit card, charge card, debit card or the number or description thereof.

(b) Unlawful use of a credit card, charge card or debit card is:

(i) A misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for not more than six (6) months, a fine of not more than seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00.00), or both, if the value of the property or services purchased or obtained is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); or (ii) Repealed by Laws 1984, ch. 44, § 3.

(iii) A felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than ten (10) years, a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00), or both, if the value of the property or services purchased or obtained in violation of this section within any sixty (60) day period in the state of Wyoming totals one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more in the aggregate.

Official source: Wyoming Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wyoming statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.